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John D. McWilliams
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's 2nd district
In office
January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945
Preceded byWilliam J. Fitzgerald
Succeeded byChase G. Woodhouse
Personal details
Born(1891-07-23)July 23, 1891
Norwich, Connecticut
DiedMarch 30, 1975(1975-03-30) (aged 83)
Norwich, Connecticut
Political partyRepublican

John Dacher McWilliams (July 23, 1891 – March 30, 1975) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.

He was born in Norwich, Connecticut, to Elizabeth A. (née McClure) and John McWilliams. His father was an immigrant from Ireland. McWilliams attended the public schools and Norwich Free Academy, and graduated from Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania in 1910. He worked in the building industry in Norwich, Connecticut. During the First World War, he served as a private in the Twentieth Engineers, United States Army, with overseas service, from March 26, 1918, until discharged on July 1, 1919. He resumed the building business. He served as a selectman of the town of Norwich, Connecticut, from 1935 to 1942.

McWilliams was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress. He was employed at the electric boat division of General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Connecticut, from 1950 to 1960. He was employed by the city of Norwich, where he resided until his death thereon March 30, 1975. He was interred in Maplewood Cemetery, Norwich, Connecticut.

References

  1. "Connecticut Births and Christenings", FamilySearch, retrieved March 22, 2018
  2. "United States Census, 1900", FamilySearch, retrieved March 22, 2018
  3. United States. Congress (1943). Official Congressional Directory. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 16. ISSN 0160-9890. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byWilliam J. Fitzgerald Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's 2nd congressional district
1943–1945 		Succeeded byChase G. Woodhouse
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