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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsFrederick William DALLINGER
(1871-1955)
DALLINGER, Frederick
William, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., October 2, 1871; attended the
public schools; was graduated from Cambridge Latin School in 1889,
from Harvard University in 1893, and from Harvard University Law
School in 1897; was admitted to the bar in 1897 and commenced
practice in Boston; member of the State house of representatives in
1894 and 1895; served in the State senate 1896-1899; public
administrator of Middlesex County 1897-1932; president of the
Cambridge Chamber of Commerce; lecturer on government at Harvard
University in 1912; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and
to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1925);
chairman, Committee on Elections No. 1 (Sixty-sixth and
Sixty-seventh Congresses), Committee on Education (Sixty-eighth
Congress); 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 I. Thayer; reelected
to the Seventieth, Seventy-first, and Seventy-second Congresses and
served from November 2, 1926, until his resignation effective
October 1, 1932, having been appointed to the bench; judge of the
United States Customs Court from October 2, 1932, until his
resignation on October 2, 1942; engaged in agricultural pursuits;
retired and resided in Center Lovell, Maine; died in North Conway,
N.H., September 5, 1955; interment in Center Lovell Cemetery,
Center Lovell, Maine.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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