Chester M. Wiggin Jr.

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Chester M. Wiggin Jr. (born 1917 ; died July 31, 1973 in Boston ) was an American lawyer . He was a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission regulator .

Life

Chester M. Wiggin is from Conway, New Hampshire . His father was a doctor. He studied at Dartmouth University and Boston University Law School . From 1941 to 1942 he was an MP in the New Hampshire House of Representatives . The youth active in the Republican Party was then the youngest member of this parliament. He then did his active military service in the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific from 1942 to 1945 . At the end of his tenure, he held the rank of major. He then worked as the chief legal advisor in the US Navy from 1945 to 1947 in Boston, and then until 1953 as a lawyer on the staff of the Navy Minister .

In 1953 he became a member of the staff of Senator Styles Bridges . After Bridges' death in 1961, Wiggin joined Senator Norris Cotton's staff . In 1962, he ran for a seat in the United States House of Representatives. He lost the election to Louis C. Wyman . After the election campaign he went back to work for Cotton.

In the fall of 1970, President Richard Nixon sent him to the New England Regional Commission to represent the federal government. On June 18, 1972, he was nominated by Nixon to serve on the Interstate Commerce Commission for the seat of Donald L. Jackson for a term ending December 31, 1973. On October 5, 1972, the confirmation of the US Senate followed and on October 24, 1972 he took his oath of office.

On July 31, 1973, he died in the crash of Delta Air Lines Flight 723 at Logan International Airport . His successor with the Interstate Commerce Commission was Charles L. Clapp .

Chester M Wiggin was married to Joyce A. Guyer (1930-2002) since October 1962.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 2 Jul 1953, 24 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com. Retrieved April 15, 2019 .
  2. ↑ 8 May 1962, Page 1 - Bennington Banner at Newspapers.com. Retrieved April 15, 2019 .
  3. ^ 13 Sep 1970, Page 3 - The Bridgeport Post at Newspapers.com. Retrieved April 15, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Jun 18, 1972, 5 - The Tampa Tribune at Newspapers.com. Retrieved April 15, 2019 .
  5. ^ 1 Aug 1973, Page 1 - Nashua Telegraph at Newspapers.com. Retrieved April 15, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Wiggin, Chester M. Junior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH 1917
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 1973
Place of death Boston