Paul Bartram Dague (May 19, 1898 – December 2, 1974) was a

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member of the

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from

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Biography

Paul Dague was born in Whitford, Pennsylvania. He took special studies at West Chester State Teachers College and studied electrical engineering at Drexel Institute in

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. He was a member of the

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during

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

serving from 1918 to 1919. He served as assistant superintendent of the

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from 1925 to 1935. He served as deputy sheriff of

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, 1936–1943, and sheriff of Chester County from 1944 to 1946. He was elected in 1946 as a Republican to the

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and served until his resignation on December 30, 1966. He was not a candidate for reelection to the 90th United States Congress in 1966. Dague voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957,

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, and

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, as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dague, Paul B. 1898 births 1974 deaths United States Marine Corps personnel of World War I Military personnel from Pennsylvania Pennsylvania sheriffs American Presbyterians People from Downingtown, Pennsylvania Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 20th-century American politicians