Joseph Leonard Carrigg
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From 1957's Pocket Congressional Directory of the Eighty-Fifth Congress.
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania | |
| In office November 6, 1951 – January 3, 1959 | |
| Preceded by | Wilson D. Gillette |
| Succeeded by | Stanley A. Prokop |
| Constituency | 14th district (1951–53) 10th district (1953–59) |
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| Born | (1901-02-23)February 23, 1901 Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, US |
| Died | February 6, 1989(1989-02-06) (aged 87) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Catherine E. O'Neill[1] |
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Joseph Leonard Carrigg (February 23, 1901 – February 6, 1989) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Joseph L. Carrigg was born in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania; three of his grandparents were Irish immigrants.[2] He graduated from Niagara UniversityinNiagara Falls, New York in 1922, Albany Law SchoolinAlbany, New York in 1924, and Dickinson School of LawinCarlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1925. Carrigg was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity while at Albany. He was district attorney of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, from 1936 to 1948, and burgess of the borough of Susquehanna from 1948 to 1951.
Carrigg was elected as a Republican to the 82nd Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Wilson D. Gillette. He was reelected to the Eighty-third, Eighty-fourth, and Eighty-fifth Congresses. Carrigg voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.[3] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958, defeated by Democrat Stanley A. Prokop. After his time in Congress, he served as the Director of Practice for the Internal Revenue ServiceinWashington, D.C., from 1959 to 1960. He also worked as secretary to Representative William Scranton of Pennsylvania in 1961. He served as manager of the State Workmen's Insurance Fund of Pennsylvania from 1963 through 1971.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district 1951–1953 |
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district 1953–1959 |
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