Patrick Joseph Boland was a United States representative for Pennsylvania 11th District

Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district

Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district is in the northeastern part of the state and includes Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton and most of the Poconos. Republican Lou Barletta has represented the district since 2011, the first Republican to do so in almost 30 years...

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Biography

Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania

Scranton, Pennsylvania

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, he attended St. Thomas College

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. He worked as a carpenter

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 and general contractor

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. He was on the Scranton city council

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 from 1905 to 1906, the Board of education

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 from 1907 to 1909. He then served as county commissioner of Lackawanna County

Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

As of the census of 2000, there were 213,295 people, 86,218 households, and 55,783 families residing in the county. The population density was 465 people per square mile . There were 95,362 housing units at an average density of 208 per square mile...

 from 1915 to 1919.

A Democrat, he was elected to the House of Representatives

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 in 1930

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, serving until his death in 1942. From 1935, he served as the Majority Whip

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He was married twice, first to Sarah Jennings on November 24, 1908; after her death, he married Veronica Barrett

Veronica Grace Boland

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 on October 27, 1931. Barrett would serve out the rest of his term after he died.

He was a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks

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 and of the Knights of Columbus

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A Roman Catholic

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, he was interred in the Cathedral Cemetery in Scranton.