Paul B. Dague

Paul B. Dague (1965)

Paul Bartram Dague (born May 19, 1898 in Whitford , Chester County , Pennsylvania , †  December 2, 1974 in West Chester , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1947 and 1966 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Paul Dague attended public schools in his home country and then West Chester State Teachers College . He then studied electrical engineering at the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia . During the final stages of World War I , he served in the Marine Corps in 1918 and 1919 . From 1925 to 1935 he worked for the highway administration of his state. From 1936 to 1946 he held senior positions in the Chester County police force. He was deputy chief of police until 1943 and then became the sheriff's head of this agency.

Dague was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1946 congressional election he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded J. Roland Kinzer on January 3, 1947 . After nine re-elections, he was able to complete almost ten legislative terms in Congress until his resignation on December 30, 1966 . During this period, the Cold War began , the Korean War and, domestically, the civil rights movement . In addition, the Vietnam War began at that time . In 1966, Dague declined to run again. He resigned from his mandate on December 30, 1966, four days before the end of the legislative period.

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Paul Dague withdrew into his retirement, which he spent in Downingtown . He died on December 2, 1974 in West Chester and was buried in Downingtown.

Web links

• Paul B. Dague in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Paul B. Dague in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
J. Roland Kinzer	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (9th constituency) January 3, 1947 - December 30, 1966	George Watkins