Donald W. Nicholson

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Donald W. Nicholson

Donald William Nicholson (born August 11, 1888 in Wareham , Plymouth County , Massachusetts , †  February 16, 1968 there ) was an American politician . Between 1947 and 1959 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Donald Nicholson attended public schools in his home country and then completed various college courses. Later he worked as a dealer. During the First World War he served in the US Army between 1917 and 1919 . He was used in Europe. After the war he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . He was a member of the Wareham Parish Council. There he also held a number of local offices between 1920 and 1925. From 1924 to 1947 he was a delegate to all regional Republican conventions in Massachusetts. Nicholson was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts in 1925 and 1926 ; from 1926 to 1947 he was a member of the State Senate , of which he was President in 1946 and 1947.

After the death of MP Charles L. Gifford , Nicholson was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the by-election due for the ninth seat of Massachusetts , where he took up his new mandate on November 18, 1947. After five re-elections, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1959 . During this time the Cold War began , the Korean War and, domestically, the civil rights movement began . In 1958 Donald Nicholson renounced another candidacy. After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, he withdrew into retirement, which he spent in his hometown of Wareham. He died on February 16, 1968.

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SURNAME Nicholson, Donald W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nicholson, Donald William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Wareham , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1968
Place of death Wareham , Massachusetts