- Thomas J. McIntyre
Infobox Senator | name= Thomas J. McIntyre
nationality=
| credit to the United States Senate Historical Office
jr/sr=United States Senator
state=New Hampshire
party=Democratic
term_start=November 7, 1962
term_end=January 3, 1979
preceded=Maurice J. Murphy, Jr.
succeeded=Gordon J. Humphrey
date of birth=February 20, 1915
place of birth=Laconia,New Hampshire
date of death= August 8, 1992
place of death=Palm Beach,Florida
spouse=
religion=
footnotes=Thomas James McIntyre (February 20, 1915 – August 8, 1992) was a U.S. senator from
New Hampshire , and a member of the Democratic Party.Born in
Laconia, New Hampshire , he attended the public and parochial schools of Laconia; he graduated fromManlius Military School inManlius, New York , in 1933,Dartmouth College ,Hanover, New Hampshire , in 1937, andBoston University Law School in 1940; admitted to practice law before theNew Hampshire Supreme Court in 1940.McIntyre served in the
United States Army 1942–1946 and was discharged as a major.He was
Mayor of Laconia, New Hampshire from 1949 to 1951 and city solicitor in 1953.Unsuccessful candidate for 84th Congress in 1954; he was elected in a special election on November 6, 1962, as a Democrat to the
United States Senate to fill the unexpired term ofHenry Styles Bridges ending January 3, 1967; reelected in 1966 for the full six-year term, and again in 1972 and served from November 7, 1962, until January 3, 1979.McIntyre ran for reelection in 1978, but narrowly lost to Republican
Gordon Humphrey , who took advantage of a nationwide conservative movement and McIntyre's tendency to spend more time in Florida than in the state he represented in the Senate.He was a resident of
Laconia, New Hampshire andTequesta, Florida , until his death inPalm Beach, Florida on August 8, 1992; interment in St. Lambert Cemetery in Laconia.References
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