Thomas Mooney

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Thomas Mooney
Mooney in 1916
Born	Thomas Joseph Mooney (1882-12-08)December 8, 1882 Chicago, Illinois, US
Died	March 6, 1942(1942-03-06) (aged 59) San Francisco, California, US
Resting place	Cypress Lawn Memorial Park Colma, California 37°40′25″N 122°27′19″W / 37.6735°N 122.45519°W / 37.6735; -122.45519
Occupations	Labor Leader Militant Social Reformer Socialist Activist
Known for	Wrongful conviction for 1916 Preparedness Day bombing
Criminal status	Released in 1939; pardoned in 1961
Spouse	Rena Hermann
Criminal charge	Detonation of explosive Planting homemade bomb
Penalty	Death, commuted to life imprisonment
Partner(s)	Rena Hermann Israel Weinberg Edward Nolan Warren K. Billings
Date apprehended	July 26, 1916
Imprisoned at	San Quentin State Prison

Thomas Joseph Mooney (December 8, 1882 – March 6, 1942) was an American political activist and labor leader, who was convicted with Warren K. Billings of the San Francisco Preparedness Day Bombing of 1916. It quickly became apparent that Mooney and Billings had been convicted based on falsified evidence and perjured testimony; and the Mooney case and campaigns to free him became an international cause célèbre for two decades, with a substantial number of publications demonstrating the falsity of the conviction. These publications and the facts of the case are surveyed in Richard H. Frost, The Mooney Case (Stanford University Press, 1968). Mooney served 22 years in prison before finally being pardoned in 1939.