Mac Sweeney
| David McCann "Mac" Sweeney | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 14th district |
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In office January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1989 |
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| Preceded by | William Neff "Bill" Patman |
| Succeeded by | Greg Laughlin |
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September 15, 1955 Wharton, Texas, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine; 4 children |
| Residence | Houston, Texas, and Bethesda, Maryland |
| Alma mater | University of Texas |
| Occupation | Non-Profit Executive, Investment Banker |
| Religion | Christian |
David McCann "Mac" Sweeney (born September 15, 1955) is a Republican former member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas.
Born in Wharton in Wharton County west of Houston, Sweeney earned his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor from the University of Texas at Austin. In his early political years Sweeney served on the staffs of Republican Senator John G. Tower from 1977–1978, and former Governor John B. Connally, Jr., from 1979 to 1980, when Connally was seeking the 1980 Republican presidential nomination but finished with only one committed delegate.
Sweeney served as the director of administrative operations in the Ronald Reagan White House from 1981–1983. In this capacity he worked directly with John F.W. Rogers and began a long-term association with another well-known Texan, James A. Baker III, then the White House Chief of Staff. In 1984, he unseated Democratic U.S. Representative William Neff "Bill" Patman in one of the nation's closest congressional elections. In doing so, Sweeney became the first-ever Republican to represent District 14 and the only person in United States history before the age of thirty, both to serve on the White House staff and to be elected to the United States Congress.
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