Peter Francis Tague

Peter Francis Tague ( born June 4, 1871 in Boston, Massachusetts, † September 17, 1941 ) was an American politician. Between 1915 and 1925 he represented two times the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Peter Tague attended the public schools of his home. After that, he worked in the trade for forging supplies. Later he put chemicals used. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In the years 1894 and 1896, he sat on the city council of Boston. Between 1897 and 1898, and again from 1913 to 1914 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. In 1899 and 1900 he was a member of the State Senate.

In the congressional elections of 1914 Tague in the tenth constituency of Massachusetts was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William Francis Murray on March 4, 1915. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1919 two legislative sessions. In this time of the First World War fell. In 1918, he lost in the primary against John F. Fitzgerald, but still came as a write -in candidate with the choice and subject only just. Tague appealed against the election results a contradiction. When this was granted, he could take on October 23, 1919 his former seat in Congress again. After two re- elections he could remain until March 3, 1925 at the House of Representatives. In 1920, women's suffrage was introduced nationwide with the 19th Amendment. 1924 Peter Tague was not re-elected.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives he Restored chemicals. In 1930 he was chairman of the Electoral Commission of Boston. Since 1936, he headed the University's postal authority. He died on September 17, 1941 in Boston.