# Robert Mahoney

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**Robert Daniel Mahoney** (October 16, 1921 – March 30, 2017) was a [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) member of the [Michigan House of Representatives](/source/Michigan_House_of_Representatives) from 1955 through 1972.[1][2][3]

Born in [Duluth, Minnesota](/source/Duluth,_Minnesota) in 1921, Mahoney lost his sight at age 15. He attended [Northern High School (Detroit, Michigan)](/source/Northern_High_School_(Detroit,_Michigan)) and the [Michigan School for the Blind](/source/Michigan_School_for_the_Blind) in [Lansing](/source/Lansing,_Michigan) before marrying Jennie Kubinger in 1941.

He worked as a door-to-door salesman before his election to the House in 1954 to represent part of northeast Detroit, becoming the first blind member of that chamber in state history. As a legislator, Mahoney sponsored the bill to provide a state identification card for people without a driver's license, and the bill requiring vending stands in state buildings to be run by a blind proprietor. He was defeated for re-election in the 1972 Democratic primary and was appointed a member of the [Wayne County Commission](/source/Wayne_County_Commission).[4]

Mahoney died on March 30, 2017, aged 95.[5]

## References

1. The Political Graveyard: [Mahoney, Robert D.](http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mahoney.html#484.91.71)

1. Gongwer News Service: [Robert Mahoney, 95, First Blind Person Elected To Legislature, Dies](https://www.gongwer.com/programming/news.cfm?Article_ID=560620112)

1. ["Legislator Details - Robert Daniel Mahoney"](https://mdoe.state.mi.us/legislators/Legislator/LegislatorDetail/3012). [Library of Michigan](/source/Library_of_Michigan). Retrieved January 9, 2021.

1. Detroit Free Press: [Robert Mahoney Obituary](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/freep/obituary.aspx?n=robert-mahoney&pid=184766864&fhid=11047)

1. Egan, Paul (March 31, 2017). ["Robert Mahoney, Michigan's first blind state lawmaker, dead at 95"](http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/03/31/robert-mahoney-michigans-first-blind-state-lawmaker-dead-95/99862832/). *The Detroit Free Press*

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