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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsMargaret M. HECKLER
(1931- )
HECKLER, Margaret M., a
Representative from Massachusetts; born Margaret Mary
O’Shaughnessy, June 21, 1931, in Flushing, Queen’s
County, N.Y.; Albertus Magnus College, B.A., 1953; Boston College
Law School, LL.B., 1956; attended the University of Leiden in
Holland, 1952; editor, Annual Survey of Massachusetts Law; admitted
to Massachusetts bar in 1956; elected a Governor’s councilor,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1962-1966; delegate, Republican
National Convention, 1964 and 1968; elected as a Republican to the
Ninetieth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3,
1967-January 3, 1983); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1982 to the Ninety-eighth Congress; Secretary, Health and Human
Services, 1983-1985; ambassador to Ireland, December 17, 1985 until
August 1989; is a resident of Wellesley, Mass.
Bibliography
”Margaret M. Heckler” in Women in Congress,
1917-2006. Prepared under the direction of the Committee on
House Administration by the Office of History & Preservation,
U. S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Printing
Office, 2006.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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