Frederick W. Dallinger
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United States
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Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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politician who served as a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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from Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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Born in Cambridge
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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, Middlesex County
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
-National protected areas:* Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge* Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge* Longfellow National Historic Site* Lowell National Historical Park* Minute Man National Historical Park* Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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, he attended the public schools and graduated from Cambridge Latin School in 1889. He went on to Harvard University
Harvard University
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, where he graduated in 1893, and then attended Harvard University Law School until he graduated in 1897. He was admitted to the bar in 1897 and commenced practice in Boston
Boston
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Political career
He was a member of the Massachusetts House of RepresentativesMassachusetts House of Representatives
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in 1894 and 1895 and served in the state Senate
Massachusetts Senate
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from 1896 to 1899. He was public administrator of Middlesex County 1897 to 1932, President of the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce and a lecturer on government at Harvard University in 1912. He was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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to the Sixty-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (4 March 1915 to 3 March 1925). He was chairman of the Committee on Elections No. 1
United States House Committee on Elections
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(Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses), Committee on Education (Sixty-eighth Congress).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1924, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for United States Senator; subsequently elected to the Sixty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Harry Irving Thayer
Harry Irving Thayer
Harry Irving Thayer was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Pembroke on September 10, 1869. He attended the public schools of Hanover and engaged in the leather business...
. Reelected to the Seventieth, Seventy-first, and Seventy-second Congresses and served from 2 November 1926, until his resignation effective 1 October 1932, having been appointed to the bench; judge of the United States Customs Court from 2 October 1932, until his resignation on 2 October 1942.
Retirement
He then engaged in agricultural pursuits. Retiring to Center Lovell, MaineLovell, Maine
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, he died in North Conway, New Hampshire
North Conway, New Hampshire
North Conway is a census-designated place in eastern Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,349 at the 2010 census. A year-round resort area, North Conway is the largest village within the town of Conway, which is bounded on the east by the Maine state line. The White...
, on 5 September 1955. His body was interred in Center Lovell Cemetery, Center Lovell, Maine.