Peter Francis Tague

Peter Francis Tague

Peter Francis Tague (June 4, 1871 – September 17, 1941) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Boston, Massachusetts.

Biography

Tague was a son of Peter and Mary (Shaw) Tague, immigrants from Ireland. [US Census, 1880, Boston, Suffolk Co., Mass., page 465B] His father was a cooper. Tague attended public school in Boston and then entered business, supplying blacksmiths and building contractors. He later became a supplier of chemicals.

Political career

Tague became a member of the Boston Common Council in 1894 at the age of just 23. He served for two years, and then was elected a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, serving in 1897-1898. The following year he was elected a State senator, serving for two years. He gave up politics for a time to concentrate on his business. He ran again in 1913, winning election to the Massachusetts House of Representitives.

Tague next entered national politics, serving as a Democrat in the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1919). Faced with a major challenge by John F. Fitzgerald for the Sixty-sixth Congress, Tague won the election.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Boston in 1917, but was reelected to the Sixty-seventh and Sixty-eighth Congresses, serving from October 23, 1919, to March 3, 1925. He was defeated for reelection in 1924.

Tague is noted for having introduced a bill in Congress in 1921 to investigate the KKK, which then was becoming a powerful force nationwide.

Later years

Following his defeat for Congress in 1924, Tague resumed his business career. He was appointed assessor of Boston in 1930 and chairman of the election commission of Boston the same year. In 1936, he was appointed postmaster and served until his death.

Tague died in Boston on September 17, 1941, at the age of 70. He was interred in Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, Massachusetts.

References

External links

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