Edward Boland

Edward Boland, 1983

Edward Patrick Boland (born October 1, 1911 in Springfield , Massachusetts , †  November 4, 2001 ) was an American politician . Between 1953 and 1989 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edward Boland attended Central High School in Springfield until 1928 and then the Bay Path Institute in Longmeadow . He also studied law in Boston . He later began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1934 and 1940 he was an MP in the Massachusetts House of Representatives . During the Second World War , he served in the US Army between 1942 and 1945 . Until 1952, Boland worked as a notary ( Register of Deeds ) in Hampden County .

In the 1952 congressional election , Boland was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Foster Furcolo on January 3, 1953 . After 17 re-elections, he was able to complete a total of 18 legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1989 . His time in Congress included the Vietnam War , the civil rights movement and, in 1974, the Watergate affair . From 1977 to 1985 he was chairman of the special intelligence committee . The Boland Amendment , passed in 1982, was named after him, which prohibited any further financial and military aid for the Nicaraguan Contra rebels supported by the CIA .

In 1988, Edward Boland decided not to run again for Congress. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he withdrew from politics. He died on November 4, 2001 at the age of 90 in his hometown of Springfield.

Web links

• Edward Boland in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)