Patrick J. Boland

Patrick J. Boland (1939)

Patrick Joseph Boland (born January 6, 1880 in Scranton , Pennsylvania , †  May 18, 1942 there ) was an American politician . Between 1931 and 1942 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Patrick Boland attended public schools in his home country as well as St. Thomas College . Then he worked as a carpenter. He then worked for the construction company Boland Brothers . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1905 and 1906 he was a member of the Scranton Parish Council; from 1907 to 1909 he was a member of the local school committee. Between 1915 and 1919 he served as a county commissioner in Lackawanna County .

In the 1930 congressional election , Boland was elected to the eleventh constituency of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Republican Laurence Hawley Watres on March 4, 1931 . After five re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on May 18, 1942 . The New Deal laws of the Roosevelt government had been passed there since 1933 . In 1935 the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were applied for the first time , according to which the legislative period of the Congress ends or begins on January 3rd. Since 1941, the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of World War II .

After Boland's death, his mandate fell to his widow Veronica in a special election .

Web links

Commons : Patrick J. Boland  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Patrick J. Boland in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Patrick J. Boland in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	Successor
Laurence Hawley Watres	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (11th constituency) March 4, 1931 - May 18, 1942	Veronica Grace Boland