Michael J. McEttrick
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Michael Joseph McEttrick (June 22, 1848 – December 31, 1921) was a U.S. Representative
from Massachusetts
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McEttrick was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts
, he graduated from the Washington Grammar and the Roxbury Latin Schools.
He became a journalist.
He served as assistant assessor of Boston in 1884.
He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1885-1891 and chairman of the Democratic members of the house.
He served in the Massachusetts State Senate in 1892.
Mcettrick was elected as an Independent Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress.
He won in 1892 and lost in 1894.
in a four way race.
McEttrick was interred in Calvary Cemetery.
United States House of Representatives
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from Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
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McEttrick was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts
Roxbury, Massachusetts
Roxbury is a dissolved municipality and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was one of the first towns founded in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630, and became a city in 1846 until annexed to Boston on January 5, 1868...
, he graduated from the Washington Grammar and the Roxbury Latin Schools.
He became a journalist.
He served as assistant assessor of Boston in 1884.
He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1885-1891 and chairman of the Democratic members of the house.
He served in the Massachusetts State Senate in 1892.
Mcettrick was elected as an Independent Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1895).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress.
1892 and 1894
In 1892 and 1894 McEttrick ran for Congress as an independent Democratic for Congress in Massachusetts 10th Congressional District.He won in 1892 and lost in 1894.
1892
McEttrick won the 1892 election defeating Republican Harrison H. AtwoodHarrison H. Atwood
Harrison Henry Atwood was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1896, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1927, and 1928.-Biography:...
in a four way race.
Massachusetts House of Representatives
McEttrick was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1906, 1907, and 1913.Massachusetts Senate
McEttrick served in the State Senate in 1908 representing the Fourth Suffolk District.Later years
McEttrick engaged in the real estate business in Boston, Massachusetts, until his death there on December 31, 1921.McEttrick was interred in Calvary Cemetery.