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William Paul Constantino (August 19, 1911 – July 29, 1989) was an American state legislator who was a justice of Clinton District Court and a member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into single-member ...
.


Personal life

Constantino was born on August 19, 1911, in
Clinton, Massachusetts Clinton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 15,428 at the 2020 census. For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Clinton, please see the article Clinton (CDP), Massach ...
. He graduated from Clinton High School in 1928,
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in 1932, and
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in 1935. His son,
William P. Constantino Jr. William Paul Constantino Jr. is an American lawyer and politician who represented the 12th Worcester District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995. His father, William P. Constantino, also served in that house. His nep ...
, also served in the Massachusetts House. His grandson,
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, was elected to the Los Angeles City Council in 2014.


Political career

From 1936 to 1939, Constantino was Clinton's town solicitor. In 1938 he was an unsuccessful candidate for Republican nomination for the
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seat in
Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district is located in northeastern and central Massachusetts. Massachusetts congressional redistricting after the 2010 census has greatly changed the borders of this congressional district, largely dividing it ...
. Constantino was a member of the
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during
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. He served in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. He started as an enlisted man in anti-aircraft and rose to second lieutenant in the 78th Infantry Division. He was a member of the 78th during the Battle of the Bulge. His final assignment was as a first lieutenant in military government. From 1946 to 1947, Constantino once again served as town solicitor. From 1947 to 1951 he was a member of the Massachusetts Civil Service Commission. From 1951 to 1954 he represented the 11th Worcester District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. In 1954, Constantino was the Republican nominee for Massachusetts State Auditor. He lost to incumbent Thomas J. Buckley 59% to 40%.


Judicial career

From 1954 until his retirement in 1981, Constantino was presiding justice of Clinton District Court. In 1959, he was also appointed to the Worcester Superior Court. Constantino died on July 29, 1989, in
Marlborough, Massachusetts Marlborough is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 41,793 at the 2020 census. Marlborough became a prosperous industrial town in the 19th century and made the transition to high technology industry in the ...
. He was survived by his wife and four children, one of whom, William Constantino Jr., also served as a state representative.


See also

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1951–1952 Massachusetts legislature The 157th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1951 and 1952 during the Governor of Massachusetts, governorship of Paul A. Dever. Richard I. Furbush served as P ...
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1953–1954 Massachusetts legislature The 158th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1953 and 1954 during the governorship of Christian Herter. Richard I. Furbush served as president of the Senate ...


References

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