US Congressman. He was born in Marieville, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada, to Louis Monast and his wife Louise Berard Monast on July 1, 1863. He later immigrated with his father to the United States and settled in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, (becoming a naturalized citizen on July 1, 1886). He was educated locally and attended parochial schools and night schools. Following his education, he worked in textile mills from 1872 to 1882, and as a plasterer, carpenter, and bricklayer, from 1882 to 1892. He then became involved in building construction and the real estate business in 1892, and also operated several bakeries. He married Odile Chartier in Natick, Rhode Island, on May 5, 1886, and together the couple would have six children together, two girls and three boys. Tragically his wife passed away on October 4, 1895, at the age of 25, leaving him to raise their children by himself (a son Albert also passed away only a few months later). He married for a second time to Anne T. Armstrong at the Notre Dame Church in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on January 21, 1897, and they had two children, a boy and a girl. She passed away in 1902 at the age of 28, tragically again leaving him to raise their children by himself. He married for a third time to Maria Theresa Harkins in Fall River, Massachusetts, on September 28, 1908, but they had no children. He then entered politics and served a term as a Member of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives from 1909 to 1911. He also served as an Alternate Delegate to the Republican National Convention from the State of Rhode Island in 1924. He was an unsuccessful Candidate for election to represent the Sixty-Ninth Congress that same year. He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected. A Member of the Republican Party, he then served Rhode Island's 3rd District (Seventieth Congress) in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1927, to March 3, 1929. He was an unsuccessful Candidate for reelection to represent the Seventy-First Congress in 1928. After his term in the United States Congress expired he was succeeded in office by United States Representative Jeremiah Edward O'Connell on March 4, 1929. While serving in the United States Congress he led a fight to classify American ships and seamen by the same standards as those of foreign countries. After leaving the United States Congress he resumed his interests in his real estate business until his death. He passed away from a cerebral hemorrhage and heart failure in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on April 16, 1936, at the age of 72, and he was buried in Notre Dame Cemetery in that city. His first two wives Odile and Annie and many of his children are also buried with him. His wife Maria passed away on June 18, 1943, at the age of 70, but she was laid to rest in St. Ann's Cemetery in Cranston, Rhode Island.
US Congressman. He was born in Marieville, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada, to Louis Monast and his wife Louise Berard Monast on July 1, 1863. He later immigrated with his father to the United States and settled in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, (becoming a naturalized citizen on July 1, 1886). He was educated locally and attended parochial schools and night schools. Following his education, he worked in textile mills from 1872 to 1882, and as a plasterer, carpenter, and bricklayer, from 1882 to 1892. He then became involved in building construction and the real estate business in 1892, and also operated several bakeries. He married Odile Chartier in Natick, Rhode Island, on May 5, 1886, and together the couple would have six children together, two girls and three boys. Tragically his wife passed away on October 4, 1895, at the age of 25, leaving him to raise their children by himself (a son Albert also passed away only a few months later). He married for a second time to Anne T. Armstrong at the Notre Dame Church in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on January 21, 1897, and they had two children, a boy and a girl. She passed away in 1902 at the age of 28, tragically again leaving him to raise their children by himself. He married for a third time to Maria Theresa Harkins in Fall River, Massachusetts, on September 28, 1908, but they had no children. He then entered politics and served a term as a Member of the Rhode Island State House of Representatives from 1909 to 1911. He also served as an Alternate Delegate to the Republican National Convention from the State of Rhode Island in 1924. He was an unsuccessful Candidate for election to represent the Sixty-Ninth Congress that same year. He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected. A Member of the Republican Party, he then served Rhode Island's 3rd District (Seventieth Congress) in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1927, to March 3, 1929. He was an unsuccessful Candidate for reelection to represent the Seventy-First Congress in 1928. After his term in the United States Congress expired he was succeeded in office by United States Representative Jeremiah Edward O'Connell on March 4, 1929. While serving in the United States Congress he led a fight to classify American ships and seamen by the same standards as those of foreign countries. After leaving the United States Congress he resumed his interests in his real estate business until his death. He passed away from a cerebral hemorrhage and heart failure in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on April 16, 1936, at the age of 72, and he was buried in Notre Dame Cemetery in that city. His first two wives Odile and Annie and many of his children are also buried with him. His wife Maria passed away on June 18, 1943, at the age of 70, but she was laid to rest in St. Ann's Cemetery in Cranston, Rhode Island.
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