Bill Delahunt

William D. "Bill" Delahunt ( born July 18, 1941 in Quincy, Massachusetts) is an American politician. Between 1997 and 2011 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Bill Delahunt attended Thayer Academy in Braintree and thereafter until 1963, the Middlebury College in Vermont. After a subsequent law degree from Boston College of Law and his admission to the bar he began to work in this profession. Between 1963 and 1971 he was a member of the Reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Between 1973 and 1975 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. From 1975 to 1996 he served as district attorney in Norfolk County.

In the congressional elections of 1996, Delahunt was the tenth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Gerry Studds on 3 January 1997. After six re- election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 2011 seven legislative sessions. In his time as a congressman of the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001, the Iraq war and the military mission in Afghanistan fell. He was a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Judiciary Committee and in five sub-committees. He also was a member of three Congressional Caucuses. In 2010, he opted not to run again.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Delahunt founded the consultant group Delahunt Group. He also works as a lobbyist. He is divorced and has two grown children.