US Congressman, Entrepreneur. He was a United States Representative from the State of Louisiana. He was born one of five children as Paul Herbert Maloney in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Patrick Joseph Maloney (1842-1923), and his wife Margaret Delap Woods Maloney (1840-1904), on February 14, 1876. He was educated locally having attended the common public schools and the prestigious Mrs. Ashe's Private School in Pass Christian, Mississippi. Following his education, he worked as an office boy for a drayage company beginning in 1893, before advancing to become the drayage company's president in 1916. He was also involved in a linen supply company, a trucking and storage company, and an automobile distributing company. During this time he was also a Member of the Louisiana National Guard from 1895 to 1898, and besides his many business ventures, he also became involved in politics. He was elected and served as a Member of the Louisiana State House of Representatives from 1914 to 1916. He also joined the New Orleans, Louisiana, Levee Board in 1917 and served as Board President from 1919 to 1920, also served as Commissioner of Public Utilities from 1920 to 1925, and he was also a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1924, 1928, 1932, and 1936. He also ran for the office of Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1924, but he was defeated by mayoral Candidate Martin Behrman (1864-1926), by 600 votes. He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected to succeed the outgoing United States Representative James Zacharie Spearing (1864-1942), on March 4, 1931. He initially successfully challenged United States Representative James Zacharie Spearing (1864-1942), for renomination to the United States Congress in 1930 and was elected five times. A Member of the Democratic Party, he then served Louisiana's 2nd District (Seventy-Second Congress, Seventy-Third Congress, Seventy-Fourth Congress, Seventy-Fifth Congress, and the Seventy-Sixth Congress), in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1931, to December 15, 1940. After his term in the United States Congress had expired he resigned and was succeeded in office by the incoming United States Representative Hale Boggs (1914-1972), on January 3, 1941. He initially withdrew his bid for a sixth term in 1940, but reentered the race and subsequently lost the race as an unsuccessful Candidate for renomination to United States Representative Hale Boggs (1914-1972), who was also an anti-Longite attorney. He then was elected and served as the United States Collector of Internal Revenue for the New Orleans, Louisana, District from December 16, 1940, to July 31, 1942. He then decided to run for another seat in the United States Congress and defeated the outgoing United States Representative Hale Boggs (1914-1972), for renomination in 1942. A Member of the Democratic Party, he then served Louisiana's 2nd District (Seventy-Eighth Congress and Seventy-Ninth Congress), in the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1943, to January 3, 1947. He was not a Candidate for renomination in 1946. After his term in the United States Congress had expired he was succeeded in office by the incoming United States Representative Hale Boggs (1914-1972), who he had previously beaten in an election, on January 3, 1947. After leaving the United States Congress he resumed his interests in the trucking and storage company business. An Episcopalian, he was also a Member of the Freemasons. He passed away in a hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 26, 1967, at the age of 91. Following his death, his funeral service was held privately at the Bultman Funeral Home in New Orleans, Louisiana, and he was buried in Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was married to Adeline Gertrude LeCourt Maloney (1879-1968), in New Orleans, Louisiana, on December 20, 1899, and they were together until his death on March 26, 1967, at the age of 91. His wife Adeline passed away in New Orleans, Louisiana, on December 22, 1968, at the age of 89, and she is buried with him in Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana. The couple had two children together, a son named Paul Herbert Maloney Jr. (1900-1978), and a daughter named Margaret Delap Maloney Gandolfo (1904-1995).