William P. Bolton

William P. Bolton (born July 2, 1885 in Whiteford , Harford County , Maryland , †  November 22, 1964 in Baltimore , Maryland) was an American politician . Between 1949 and 1951 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Bolton attended the public schools of his home country as well as the St. Francis Parochial School in Baltimore. After a subsequent law degree at Baltimore University and his admission to the bar in 1909, he began to work in this profession. Between 1941 and 1946 he was also a municipal judge in Towson . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He served in the Maryland Senate from 1946 to 1948 .

In the 1948 congressional elections , Bolton was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of his state , where he succeeded Hugh Meade on January 3, 1949 . Since he was defeated by Republican James Devereux in 1950 , he could only serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1951 . This was shaped by the events of the Cold War . After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Bolton became the head of civil defense in Baltimore County in 1951 . He died in Baltimore on November 22, 1964 and was buried in Towson.

Web links

• William P. Bolton in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William P. Bolton in the database of Find a Grave (English)