Arthur Daniel Healey (December 29, 1889 – September 16, 1948) was a Democratic

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from

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from 1933 to 1942 and a

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of the

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Education and career

Born in

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, Healey attended public schools and graduated from Somerville Latin School in 1908. He attended

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in 1909 and 1910. Healey received a

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from

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in 1913, was admitted to the bar in 1914, and engaged in the private practice of law in

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from 1914 to 1917. On August 9, 1917, he enlisted in the

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and rose through the ranks to second lieutenant in the

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. He was discharged on March 6, 1919. He then returned to his law practice until 1933.

Congressional service

Healey was elected as a

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to an open seat for the

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beginning with the

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, taking office on March 4, 1933. He was returned to the four succeeding Congresses. His name was attached to one significant piece of New Deal legislation, the 1936 Walsh–Healey Act, which regulated hours and working conditions for employees working on government contracts. In 1938, he became one of the initial members of the newly created

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.Richard Gid Powers, ''Not without Honor: The History of American Anticommunism'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998), 125n

Federal judicial service

Healey served in Congress until he resigned to accept an appointment as a judge of the

. President

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nominated Healey on December 1, 1941, to the seat on that court which had been vacated by Judge Elisha Hume Brewster. Healey was confirmed by the

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on December 16, 1941, and received his commission on December 19, 1941, but remained in Congress until August 3, 1942. Healey thereafter served on the court until his death in Somerville on September 16, 1948. He is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Medford, Massachusetts. The Arthur D. Healey School in Somerville is a public elementary school named after him.

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Federal judicial service

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