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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsGeorge Holden TINKHAM
(1870-1956)
TINKHAM, George Holden, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Suffolk County,
Mass., October 29, 1870; attended the public and private schools;
was graduated from Harvard University in 1894; member of the Boston
Common Council in 1897 and 1898; studied law at Harvard Law School;
was admitted to the bar in 1899 and commenced practice in Boston;
member of the board of aldermen 1900-1902; served in the State
senate 1910-1912; served overseas during the First World War;
elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the thirteen
succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-January 3, 1943); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1942; continued the practice of law
in Boston, Mass., until his retirement; died in Cramerton, N.C.,
August 28, 1956; interment in Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston,
Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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