He received his Bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in 1933, and later attended Harvard Law School, graduating in 1937. In 1938 he was admitted to the Connecticut bar and commenced the practice of law in his home town of Waterbury the same year. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1972 to the Ninety-third congress, and resumed the practice of law. John Monagan and his wife, Rosemary, currently reside in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., and continue a lively, intellectual, cross-Atlantic friendship with Anthony and Violet Powell. Gift of John S. Monagan, September 1994, Processed by Lisette C. Matano, January 1995.
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