Patrick Collins (mayor)

Patrick Andrew Collins ( * March 12 1844 in Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland, † September 13, 1905 in Hot Springs, Virginia ) was an American politician. Between 1883 and 1889 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1848, Patrick Collins came with his parents to Chelsea in Massachusetts. He attended the public schools of his new home and did an apprenticeship in upholstery craft. Later, he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party. In the years 1868 and 1869 he was a member of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts; 1870 to 1871 he was a member of the State Senate. After studying law at Harvard University and his 1871 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Boston in this profession. In 1875 he held the office of the Judge Advocate General in Massachusetts. In the years 1876, 1880, 1888 and 1892 Collins was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions relevant.

In the congressional elections of 1882 Collins was in the fourth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Leopold Morse on March 4, 1883. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1889 three legislative periods. In 1888 he gave up another candidacy.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. From 1893 to 1897 he served as American consul in London; 1902-1905 he was the successor of Thomas N. Hart mayor of Boston. He died on September 13, 1905 during a visit to Virginia.