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William Joseph Fitzgerald (March 2, 1887 – May 6, 1947) was aU.S. Representative fromConnecticut.

Born inNorwich, Connecticut, toIrish immigrants,^[1] Fitzgerald attended St. Patrick's Parochial School inNorwich, Connecticut. He was employed in a foundry as a molder and later served as superintendent from 1904 to 1930. During this time, he served on the State commission to investigate widows' aid in 1916. He served as member of theConnecticut State Senate from 1931 to 1935, and as Deputy State Commissioner of Labor from 1931 to 1936.

Fitzgerald was elected as aDemocrat to theSeventy-fifth Congress (January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to theSeventy-sixth Congress. He served as mayor ofNorwich, Connecticut, in 1940 and 1941.

Fitzgerald was returned to theSeventy-seventh Congress (January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942, to theSeventy-eighth Congress. He was appointed on March 1, 1943, as area director and later as State Director of the War Manpower Commission of Connecticut and served until October 1, 1945. He was appointed State Director of the United States Employment Service and served until his resignation in January 1947.

He died atNorwich, Connecticut, May 6, 1947, and was interred in St. Joseph's Cemetery.

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