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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Paul B. Dague |
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Downingtown, Pennsylvania , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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May 19, 1898
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| Died | December 02, 1974
(76 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | DAGUE, Paul Bartram, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Whitford, Chester County, Pa., May 19, 1898; attended the public schools; took special studies at West Chester State Teachers College and studied electrical engineering at Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, Pa.; during the First World War served as a private in the United States Marine Corps from July 22, 1918, to June 30, 1919; assistant superintendent of the Pennsylvania Department of Highways 1925-1935; served as deputy sheriff of Chester County, Pa., 1936-1943 and as sheriff 1944-1946; elected as a Republican to the Eightieth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1967); was not a candidate for reelection in 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress; retired and resided in Downingtown, Pa.; died in West Chester, Pa., December 2, 1974; interment in Northwood Cemetery, Downingtown, Pa.
A county office building on Market Street, West Chester, built c. 1970, was named the Dague Building in his honor; the building was demolished in 2006 for the construction of a new county office building.
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Photo source: Wayne C. Woodward, Congress: The Chester County Line, p. 153. |
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