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  Wigglesworth, Richard B.
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NameRichard B. Wigglesworth
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Milton, Massachusetts , United States
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Born April 25, 1891
Died October 22, 1960 (69 years)
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InfoWigglesworth, Richard Bowditch - born in Boston, Mass., April 25, 1891; was graduated from Milton Academy, Milton, Mass., in 1908, from Harvard University in 1912, and from the law department of the same university in 1916; assistant private secretary to the Governor General of the Philippine Islands in 1913; admitted to the bar in 1916 and commenced practice in Boston, Mass.; during the First World War served overseas as captain, Battery E, and as commanding officer, First Battalion, Three Hundred and Third Field Artillery, Seventy-sixth Division, 1917-1919; legal adviser to the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of foreign loans and railway payments, and secretary of the World War Debt Commission 1922-1924; assistant to the agent general for reparation payments, Berlin, Germany, 1924-1927; general counsel and Paris representative for organizations created under the Dawes plan in 1927 and 1928

U.S. House (R-MA) 1928-1958. First elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Louis A. Frothingham. Resigned from the House on 11/13/1958.

Married Florence Joyes Booth 4/30/1931.

Alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1948

United States Ambassador to Canada from January 28, 1959, until his death in Boston, Mass., October 22, 1960; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

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  10/29/1958 US Ambassador to Canada Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/06/1956 MA District 13 Won 55.62% (+11.25%)
  09/18/1956 MA District 13 - R Primary Won 72.79% (+45.58%)
  11/02/1954 MA District 13 Won 58.00% (+15.99%)
  11/04/1952 MA District 13 Won 60.56% (+21.13%)
  11/07/1950 MA District 13 Won 62.20% (+24.87%)
  11/02/1948 MA District 13 Won 56.56% (+13.12%)
  11/05/1946 MA District 13 Won 67.51% (+35.02%)
  11/07/1944 MA District 13 Won 65.82% (+31.64%)
  11/03/1942 MA District 13 Won 59.29% (+18.57%)
  11/05/1940 MA District 13 Won 65.04% (+30.92%)
  11/08/1938 MA District 13 Won 68.38% (+36.77%)
  11/03/1936 MA District 13 Won 58.45% (+16.91%)
  11/06/1934 MA District 13 Won 54.54% (+9.08%)
  11/08/1932 MA District 13 Won 58.42% (+16.85%)
  11/04/1930 MA District 14 Won 57.31% (+14.63%)
  11/06/1928 MA District 14 Won 61.28% (+22.57%)
  11/06/1928 MA District 14 - Special Election Won 61.38% (+22.75%)
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