Paul W. Cronin
U.S. Congressperson
1938 – 1997
Who was Paul W. Cronin?
Paul William Cronin was a one-term congressman of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
Cronin was born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 14, 1938 and graduated from Boston University in 1962 and the John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1969. He served as an Andover, Massachusetts selectman, and member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1967-1969. Before his election to Congress, he also served as a member of Rep. F. Bradford Morse's Congressional Staff, and as a delegate to Republican National Conventions in both 1968 and 1972.
In 1972, he was elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third Congress, defeating future US Senator and Presidential candidate John Kerry, who had moved to the Fifth District to seek the seat after Rep. Morse resigned to take a post at the United Nations. Cronin's victory was a huge upset against the anti-war candidate Kerry. He had trailed at one point by more than 20%, and his victory was often accredited to harsh attacks by The Lowell Sun, which attacked Kerry for being an elitist carpetbagger and for his questioning of the patriotism of those who supported the war.
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- Born
- Mar 14, 1938
Boston - Also known as
- Paul Cronin
- Education
- Boston University
- John F. Kennedy School of Government
- Died
- Apr 5, 1997
Boston
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on July 23, 2013
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