John Joseph Mitchell (May 9, 1873 – September 13, 1925) was a lawyer and
U.S. Representative
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from
Massachusetts
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.
Biography
Mitchell was born in
Marlborough, Massachusetts, on May 9, 1873. He attended
public schools,
Boston College, and the
Albany Law School
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. Mitchell was admitted to the bar and commenced
practice in Marlborough. He was elected a member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
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, and served in the
Massachusetts State Senate
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.
Mitchell was elected as a
Democrat
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to the
61st United States Congress
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to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Charles Q. Tirrell, serving from November 8, 1910, to March 3, 1911. However, he lost a simultaneous election to the
62nd United States Congress
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, and therefore only served until the completion of the open term.
He was elected to the
Sixty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
John W. Weeks and served from April 15, 1913 to March 3, 1915. He was again an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the
Sixty-fourth Congress
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.
Mitchell served as
United States Marshal
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for Massachusetts during
World War I
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. He was a collector of internal revenue for the district of Massachusetts between 1919 and 1921, and practiced as an attorney in
Boston
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until his death in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston on September 13, 1925. He was interred in Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Marlborough.
See also
*
128th Massachusetts General Court (1907)
External links
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1873 births
1925 deaths
People from Marlborough, Massachusetts
Boston College alumni
Albany Law School alumni
Massachusetts lawyers
Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Democratic Party Massachusetts state senators
United States Marshals
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
19th-century American lawyers