Joseph Leonard Carrigg | |
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 From 1957'sPocket Congressional Directory of the Eighty-Fifth Congress. | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania | |
| In office November 6, 1951 – January 3, 1959 | |
| Preceded by | Wilson D. Gillette |
| Succeeded by | Stanley A. Prokop |
| Constituency | 14th district (1951–53) 10th district (1953–59) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1901-02-23)February 23, 1901 |
| Died | February 6, 1989(1989-02-06) (aged 87) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Catherine E. O'Neill[1] |
Joseph Leonard Carrigg (February 23, 1901 – February 6, 1989) was aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
Joseph L. Carrigg was born inSusquehanna, Pennsylvania; three of his grandparents wereIrish immigrants.[2] He graduated fromNiagara University inNiagara Falls, New York in 1922,Albany Law School inAlbany, New York in 1924, andDickinson School of Law inCarlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1925. Carrigg was a member ofPhi Sigma Kappa fraternity while at Albany. He was district attorney ofSusquehanna County, Pennsylvania, from 1936 to 1948, and burgess of the borough of Susquehanna from 1948 to 1951.
Carrigg was elected as a Republican to the82nd Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofWilson D. Gillette. He was reelected to theEighty-third,Eighty-fourth, andEighty-fifth Congresses. Carrigg voted in favor of theCivil Rights Act of 1957.[3] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958, defeated by DemocratStanley A. Prokop. After his time in Congress, he served as the Director of Practice for theInternal Revenue Service inWashington, D.C., from 1959 to 1960. He also worked as secretary to RepresentativeWilliam Scranton of Pennsylvania in 1961. He served as manager of the State Workmen's Insurance Fund of Pennsylvania from 1963 through 1971.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 14th congressional district 1951–1953 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 10th congressional district 1953–1959 | Succeeded by |
