Margaret Heckler Politician

Margaret Mary Heckler (born June 21, 1931) is a Republican politician from Massachusetts who served in the United States House of Representatives for eight terms, from 1967 until 1983 and was later the Secretary of Health and Human Services and Ambassador to Ireland under President Ronald Reagan. After her defeat in 1982, no woman would be elected to Congress from Massachusetts until Niki Tsongas in a special election in 2007.

Personal facts

Margaret Heckler
Birth dateJune 21, 1931
Birth place
Flushing Queens
Religion
Catholic Church
Education
Boston College Law School
Leiden University
Albertus Magnus College

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Politician

party
Republican Party (United States)
president
region
Massachusetts's 10th congressional district
Massachusetts

Congressman

orderinoffice
19th United States Ambassador to Ireland
15th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services

Margaret Heckler on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://clerk.house.gov/members/electionInfo/elections.html
  2. http://www.projo.com/specials/century/month7/726ma3.htm
  3. http://www.prolifeaction.org/news/2003v22n3/maryland.htm
  4. https://archive.org/stream/reportofsecretar00usde#page/n9/mode/2up