Nicholas Mavroules

Nicholas Mavroules

Nicholas James Mavroules (born November 1, 1929 in Peabody , Essex County , Massachusetts , †  December 25, 2003 in Salem , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1979 and 1993 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Nicholas Mavroules attended Peabody High School and later worked as a personnel manager for GTE-Sylvania between 1949 and 1967 . At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1958 and 1965 he was a member of the Peabody City Council; from 1967 to 1978 he was mayor there. In July 1976, he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in New York , where Jimmy Carter was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the 1978 congressional election , Mavroules was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the sixth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Michael J. Harrington on January 3, 1979 . After six re-elections, he was able to complete seven legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1993 . There he was temporarily a member of the armed forces committee.

In 1992 he came under suspicion of corruption. Following an investigation, he was charged with 16 offenses, including but not limited to personal gain in office, bribery, illicit gift acceptance and tax evasion. He was eventually sentenced to 15 months in prison. By the time of the 1992 elections, investigations into Mavroules were already underway and cost him re-election. He died in Salem on December 25, 2003.

Web links

• Nicholas Mavroules in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Nicholas Mavroules in the nndb (English)