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John J. Douglass
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts
In office
March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1935
Preceded byPeter Francis Tague
Succeeded byJohn Patrick Higgins
Constituency10th district (1925–33)
11th district (1933–35)
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1899–1900
Delegate to the
1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention[2]
In office
June 6, 1917[1] – August 13, 1919[3]
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Second Suffolk District
Ward 2 Boston[4]
In office
1906–1906
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1913–1913
Personal details
Born
John Joseph Douglass

(1873-02-09)February 9, 1873
East Boston, Massachusetts
DiedApril 5, 1939(1939-04-05) (aged 66)
West Roxbury, Massachusetts
Resting placeSt. Joseph Cemetery, West Roxbury, Massachusetts
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materBoston College
Georgetown University

John Joseph Douglass (February 9, 1873 – April 5, 1939) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

Life and career

He was born in East Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, on February 9, 1873. Douglass graduated from Boston College in 1893 and from the law department of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in 1896. He was admitted to the bar in 1897 and commenced practice in Boston.

Douglass was a member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives in 1899, 1900, 1906, and again in 1913. Douglass was delegate to the Massachusetts constitutional convention in 1917 and 1918; author and playwright; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1928 and 1932. Douglass was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1925 – January 3, 1935); chairman, House Committee on Education (Seventy-second and Seventy-third Congresses). Douglass was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934. Douglass resumed the practice of law; served as commissioner of penal institutions of Boston from 1935 until his death in West Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1939.

Douglass is buried in St. Joseph Cemetery. Survived by two sons; Paul Joseph Douglass [Manhasset,NY] and John Joseph Douglass [Newark, DE]

References

Notes
  1. ^ Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1919, pp. 7, 11
  2. ^ Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1919, p. 11
  3. ^ Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1919, pp. 865, 971
  4. ^ Bridgman, A. M. (1906), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators Volume XV, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgeman, p. 167
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U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byPeter F. Tague Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th congressional district March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933 Succeeded byGeorge H. Tinkham(redistricted) Preceded byGeorge H. Tinkham(redistricted) Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 11th congressional district March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 Succeeded byJohn P. Higgins Political offices Preceded by Member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives 1899–1900 Succeeded by Preceded by Member of theMassachusetts House of RepresentativesSecond Suffolk DistrictWard 2 Boston 1906–1906 Succeeded by Preceded by Member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives 1913–1913 Succeeded by
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