JOHN WALTER HESELTON

Heselton, John Walter (1900-1962), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Gardiner, Kennebec County, Maine, March 17, 1900; attended the public schools of Gardiner, Maine, Amherst (Mass.) College, and Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass.; served in the United States Army from October 10, 1918, to December 12, 1918; was admitted to the bar in 1926 and commenced practice in Greenfield, Mass.; also interested in banking; secretary of the board of trustees of Deerfield Academy; selectman of Deerfield, Mass., 1932-1935; president of the Massachusetts Selectmen’s Association 1935-1938; secretary of the Deerfield Republican Town committee 1928-1938; member of the Republican State committee 1936-1938; district attorney of the northwestern district of Massachusetts 1939-1944; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-ninth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1959); was not a candidate for renomination in 1958; engaged in the practice of law; was a resident of Vero Beach, Fla., at the time of his death, August 19, 1962; interment in Hope Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
Father's name: George W
Father's Birth Place: Maine
Mother's name: Mary E
Mother's Birth Place: Maine
Military Service:
Name: John W. Heselton
Serial Number: 4910839
Birth Place: Gardiner, Maine
Birth Date: 17 Mar 1900
Residence: Gardiner
Comment: Ind: Waterville, Kennebec Co. No. 2, Oct. 10/18. Private. Org: SATC Amherst College Amherst Mass to disch. Overseas service: None. Hon disch on demob: Dec. 12, 1918.
Source: Maine Military Men, 1917-1918

Sources:
United States Federal Census
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell