Paul W. Cronin

Paul William Cronin ( born March 14, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts, † April 5, 1997 in Andover, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1973 and 1975 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Paul Cronin studied at Boston University until 1962 and then to 1969 at Harvard University. Later he hit as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. Between 1967 and 1969 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. Then he was a member of the staff of Congressman Frank B. Morse. In the years 1968 and 1972 he was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions, on each of which Richard Nixon was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the congressional elections of 1972, Cronin was in the fifth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Frank Morse on January 3, 1973. Since he has not been confirmed in 1974, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1975. At that time he was a member of the Committee on Internal Affairs. In his time as a congressman and the Watergate scandal, which seriously harmed his party and which was also a reason for deselection Cronin fell. In 1992, he unsuccessfully sought his return to Congress.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Cronin worked in various positions for the Port Authority Massport. He died on April 5, 1997 in Andover.