He was born on April 22, 1927, in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and he graduated from
Saint Joseph's Preparatory School in Philadelphia in 1944 and attended the
University of Notre Dame from 1944 to 1945.
Military service He served in the
United States Navy as an enlisted man, June 1945 to November 1945 and graduated from the
United States Naval Academy,
Annapolis, Maryland, in 1950, and then served in the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets from 1950 to 1954.
Early career He graduated from the
University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1957, was admitted to the bar in 1958 and practiced law in Philadelphia until 1963. He was a deputy attorney general of New Jersey in 1964 and practiced law in
Atlantic City, New Jersey, from 1964 to 1965.
Congress In his first bid, for elective office, McGrath was elected as a
Democrat to the
Eighty-ninth Congress, defeating four-term
Republican Party incumbent
Milton W. Glenn. He served in office from January 3, 1965, to January 3, 1967, and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1966 to the
Ninetieth Congress.
Later career After leaving Congress, McGrath was general counsel at the
Department of Housing and Urban Development from 1967 to 1969; Treasurer of the
New Jersey Democratic State Committee from 1969 to 1973 and a consultant in the construction and finance industry from 1969 to 1992.
Death McGrath was a resident of
Margate City, New Jersey, and
Juno Beach, Florida, until his death in
Delray Beach, Florida, on January 15, 1994. == Electoral history ==