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| Name | Richard B. Wigglesworth |
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Milton, Massachusetts , United States |
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April 25, 1891
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| Died | October 22, 1960
(69 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
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| Info | Wigglesworth, Richard Bowditch - born in Boston, Mass., April 25, 1891; was graduated from Milton Academy, Milton, Mass., in 1908, from Harvard University in 1912, and from the law department of the same university in 1916; assistant private secretary to the Governor General of the Philippine Islands in 1913; admitted to the bar in 1916 and commenced practice in Boston, Mass.; during the First World War served overseas as captain, Battery E, and as commanding officer, First Battalion, Three Hundred and Third Field Artillery, Seventy-sixth Division, 1917-1919; legal adviser to the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of foreign loans and railway payments, and secretary of the World War Debt Commission 1922-1924; assistant to the agent general for reparation payments, Berlin, Germany, 1924-1927; general counsel and Paris representative for organizations created under the Dawes plan in 1927 and 1928
U.S. House (R-MA) 1928-1958. First elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Louis A. Frothingham. Resigned from the House on 11/13/1958.
Married Florence Joyes Booth 4/30/1931.
Alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1948
United States Ambassador to Canada from January 28, 1959, until his death in Boston, Mass., October 22, 1960; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.
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