Joseph E. Casey

Joseph Edward Casey (* December 27, 1898 in Clinton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; † 1 September 1980 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1935 and 1943 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Joseph Casey attended the public schools of his home. In 1918 he was at Camp Lee in Virginia soldier of the United States Army. After a subsequent law degree from Boston University and his 1920 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Clinton in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Between 1924 and 1944 he was with one exception in 1928 a delegate to all Democratic National Conventions.

In the congressional elections of 1934, Casey was selected in the third electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Frank H. Foss on 3 January 1935. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until January 3rd, 1943 four legislative sessions. By 1941 there most of the New Deal legislation of the Federal Government were adopted under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Since 1941 the work of the Congress of the events of the Second World War was marked. In 1942, Casey opted not to run again. Instead, he ran for a seat in the U.S. Senate, but was defeated by Republican Henry Cabot Lodge.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Joseph Casey practiced law in Boston and Washington. He died on 1 September 1980 in the German capital and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.