William P. Bolton

William P. Bolton (* July 2, 1885 in Whiteford, Harford County, Maryland, † November 22, 1964 in Baltimore, Maryland ) was an American politician. Between 1949 and 1951 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Bolton attended the common schools and St. Francis Parochial School in Baltimore. After a subsequent law studies at the University and his Baltimore in 1909 was admitted as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. Between 1941 and 1946 he was also a municipal judge in Towson. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. From 1946 to 1948 he sat in the Senate of Maryland.

In the congressional elections of 1948, Bolton was the second election district of his state in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Hugh Meade on January 3, 1949. As he defeated Republican James Devereux in 1950, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1951. This was marked by the events of the Cold War. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Bolton in 1951 head of the civil defense in Baltimore County in the year. He died on November 22, 1964 in Baltimore, and was buried in Towson.