Paul W. Cronin

Paul W. Cronin, 1973

Paul William Cronin (born March 14, 1938 in Boston , Massachusetts , †  April 5, 1997 in Andover , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1973 and 1975 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Paul Cronin studied at Boston University until 1962 and then at Harvard University until 1969 . He later embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1967 and 1969 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives . He then served on the staff of Congressman F. Bradford Morse . In 1968 and 1972 he was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions , at each of which Richard Nixon was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the 1972 congressional election , Cronin was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Frank Morse on January 3, 1973. Since he was not confirmed in 1974, he could only complete one term in Congress until January 3, 1975 . At that time he was a member of the Interior Committee. During his time as a congressman, the Watergate affair also fell , which seriously damaged his party and which was also a reason for Cronin's election. In 1992 he sought his return to Congress without success.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Paul Cronin worked in various positions for the port administration of MassPort . He died in Andover on April 5, 1997.

Web links

• Paul W. Cronin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Paul W. Cronin in the database of Find a Grave (English)