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American politician (1911–2001)

Edward Boland

In office
January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1989 Preceded by Foster Furcolo Succeeded by Richard Neal In office
July 14, 1977 – January 3, 1985 Preceded by Otis G. Pike Succeeded by Lee H. Hamilton In office
1941–1952 Preceded by C. Wesley Hale[1] Succeeded by John P. Lynch[2] In office
January 2, 1935 – January 1, 1941 Preceded by Edward M. Cawley[3] Succeeded by Eugene J. Sweeney[4] Born

Edward Patrick Boland


(1911-10-01)October 1, 1911
Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. Died November 4, 2001(2001-11-04) (aged 90)
Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. Political party Democratic Spouse Mary Egan Children 4 Education Bay Path University
Boston College Signature Allegiance United States Branch/service  United States Army Years of service 1942–1946 Rank Captain[5] Battles/wars World War II

Boland questions

Caspar Weinberger

during the

Iran–Contra hearings

Recorded August 3, 1987

Edward Patrick Boland (October 1, 1911 – November 4, 2001) was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Democrat, he was a representative from Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district.

Early life and education[edit]

Boland's father was an Irish immigrant railroad worker.[6] Boland was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and graduated from Springfield Central High School in 1928. He attended Bay Path Institute and Boston College Law School.

He served in the United States Army during World War II.[7]

President Ronald Reagan attending a St. Patrick's Day luncheon hosted by Speaker Tip O'Neill, House Minority Leader Robert H. Michel, and Boland

He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1939 to 1940 and was the Hampden County register of deeds from 1941 to 1952.

Boland was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1952.[7] Congressman Boland was in office during the closing of the Springfield Armory in 1968, and was harshly criticized for his inability to prevent its closure. This failure resulted in a challenge to Boland in 1968 by Springfield Mayor Charles V. Ryan. Boland was re-elected handily with significant help from the family of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy in what was to be the last challenge to Boland by a major contender. Boland's most famous work as a congressman was the 1982 Boland Amendment, which blocked certain funding of the Contras in Nicaragua after the Central Intelligence Agency had supervised acts of sabotage without notifying Congress.[8] Boland lived in a Washington apartment with fellow Massachusetts Congressman Tip O'Neill (whose wife remained in Massachusetts) until 1977.

Boland announced in April 1988 that he would not run for a 19th term later that year; he never lost an election in 50 years as an elected official.[9] Earlier, he'd tipped off Springfield mayor Richard Neal about his pending retirement, allowing Neal to get a significant head start in fundraising.[10] Neal would be unopposed for the Democratic nomination–the real contest in this heavily Democratic district–and has held this seat, now numbered as the 1st district, ever since.

Personal life and death[edit]

Boland married at the age of 62, fathering four children. Boland died in 2001 at the age of 90 from natural causes.[11]

  1. ^ A manual for the use of the General Court (1939)
  2. ^ A manual for the use of the General Court (1953)
  3. ^ Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1934)
  4. ^ Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1941)
  5. ^ EDWARD P. BOLAND, 90
  6. ^ Oliver, Myrna (November 6, 2001). "Rep. Edward Boland, 90; Opposed Aid to Contras". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
  7. ^ a b "BOLAND, Edward Patrick, (1911 - 2001)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
  8. ^ "The Counterrevolutionaries (The Contras)". Understanding the Iran-Contra Affairs. Brown University. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
  9. ^ Trudy Tynan (April 7, 1988). "Massachusetts Democrat Will Retire After 18 House Terms". The Associated Press.
  10. ^ Duncan, Philip D., and Nutting, Brian (eds.) (1999). "Neal, Richard E., D-Mass." CQ's Politics in America 2000: The 106th Congress. Washington: Congressional Quarterly. pp. 488–489. ISBN 978-1-56802-470-7.
  11. ^ Feeney, Mark (November 6, 2001). "Longtime congressman Edward Boland dies". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on November 21, 2001.

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