(25/05/1885 - 05/01/1973)
4th Dáil - Did not take his seat
5th Dáil - took his seat on the 12 August 1927
7th Dáil - Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Executive Council and to the Minister for Defence [10 March 1932 to 2 January 1933 re-appointed 28 January 1933 to 7 February 1933]
8th Dáil - Minister for Posts and Telegraphs [11 November 1936 to 21 July 1937]
Minister for Lands [11 November 1936 to 21 July 1937]
9th Dáil - Minister for Lands [21 July 1937 to 30 June 1938]
10th Dáil - Minister for Lands [30 June 1938 to 8 September 1939]
Minister for Justice from [8 September 1939 to 2 July 1943]
11th Dáil - Minister for Justice [2 July 1943 to 9 June 1944]
12th Dáil - Minister for Justice [9 June 1944 to 18 February 1948]
14th Dail - Minister for Justice [13 June 1951 to 2 June 1954]
Defeated in the 1961 Dáil Election
Did not contest the 1969 Seanad Election
Died 5 January 1973