PHILIP JOSEPH PHILBIN
Philbin,
Philip Joseph (1898-1972), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Clinton, Worcester County, Mass., May 29,
1898; attended the public and high schools; during the First World War served as a seaman in the United States Navy
1917-1919; was graduated from Harvard University in 1920 and from Columbia University Law School, New York City, in
1924; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Boston, Mass., and later in Clinton, Mass.;
also engaged in the realty and fuel businesses and in agricultural pursuits; secretary, campaign manager, and
personal representative at intervals for Senator David I. Walsh 1921-1940; special counsel for the United States
Senate Committee on Education and Labor 1934-1936; referee in the United States Department of Labor in 1936 and
1937; member of the advisory board of the Massachusetts Unemployment Compensation Commission 1937-1940; in 1935
became chairman of the town of Clinton Finance Committee; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth and to the
thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1971); chairman, Committee on Armed Services
(Ninety-first Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1970 to the Ninety-second Congress; died at his
home, Philcrest Farms, Bolton, Worcester County, Mass., June 14, 1972; interment in St. John’s Cemetery, Lancaster,
Mass.
Father's name: John
Mother's name: Delia
Spouse: Lillian Sundberg
Sources:
United States Federal Census The Political Graveyard
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