Bill Delahunt

Bill Delahunt (2009)

William D. "Bill" Delahunt (born July 18, 1941 in Quincy , Massachusetts ) is an American politician . Between 1997 and 2011 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Bill Delahunt attended Thayer Academy in Braintree and then Middlebury College in Vermont until 1963 . After a subsequent law degree from the Law School of the Boston Colleges and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. Between 1963 and 1971 he was a member of the US Coast Guard Reserve . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1973 and 1975 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives . From 1975 to 1996 he served as the district attorney in Norfolk County .

In the 1996 congressional election , Delahunt was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the tenth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Gerry Studds on January 3, 1997 . After six re-elections, he was able to complete seven legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 2011 . During his time as a congressman, the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 , the Iraq war and the military operation in Afghanistan fell . He was a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Justice Committee as well as a total of five sub-committees. He was also a member of three Congressional Caucuses . In 2010 he decided not to run again.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Delahunt founded the consulting firm Delahunt Group . He also works as a lobbyist. He is divorced and has two grown children.

Web links

Commons : Bill Delahunt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bill Delahunt in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Bill Delahunt in nndb (English)