LC control no. | n 86057732 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Tobin, Maurice J. |
See also | Massachusetts. Governor (1945-1947 : Tobin) |
Birth date | 19010522 |
Death date | 19530719 |
Place of birth | Boston (Mass.) |
Place of death | Scituate (Mass.) |
Affiliation | Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives Boston (Mass.). School Committee Boston (Mass.). Mayor Massachusetts. Governor United States. Department of Labor. Office of the Secretary |
Profession or occupation | Mayors Governors |
Found in | Massachusetts. Governor. Addresses and messages to the General Court ... 1946: t.p. (Governor Maurice J. Tobin) frwd., etc. (held office from 1945-1947) WwasW Amer. (Tobin, Maurice Joseph; b. 5/22/01; d. 7/19/53; gov. Mass., 1945-47) Biog. dir. gov. of U.S., 1789-1978 (Tobin, Maurice J.; b. 5/22/01; gov. Mass. 1/3/45-1/2/47; d. 7/19/53) National Governors Association, via WWW, December 13, 2013 (Massachusetts Governor Maurice Tobin; Maurice J. Tobin, the fifty-eighth governor of Massachusetts, was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 22, 1901; shortly after attending Boston College, Tobin, at the age of twenty-five, entered into politics; he served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1927 to 1929, was a member of the Boston School Committee from 1931 to 1937, and served as mayor of Boston from 1938 to 1944; Tobin won election to the Massachusetts governorship in 1944 and was sworn into office on January 3, 1945; after running unsuccessfully for reelection, Tobin left office on January 2, 1947; he continued to stay politically active, supporting and campaigning for the election of President Truman; in 1948, he secured an appointment in President Truman's cabinet as U.S. Secretary of Labor, a position held until 1953; he passed away on July 19, 1953 in Scituate, Massachusetts) |
Associated language | eng |