John A. McGuire
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John Andrew Mcguire was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from Connecticut
Connecticut
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Born in Wallingford, Connecticut
Wallingford, Connecticut
Wallingford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 43,026 at the 2000 census.- History :Wallingford was established on October 10, 1667, when the Connecticut General Assembly authorized the "making of a village on the east river" to 38 planters and freemen...

, Mcguire attended the public schools. He was a student at Lyman Hall, Wallingford, in 1924, and graduated from Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
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, Hanover, New Hampshire
Hanover, New Hampshire
Hanover is a town along the Connecticut River in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 11,260 at the 2010 census. CNN and Money magazine rated Hanover the sixth best place to live in America in 2011, and the second best in 2007....

, in 1928. He was employed as a bank clerk from 1928 to 1934.

He was town clerk of Wallingford from January 1, 1934, to December 31, 1949. He served as Democratic State Chairman in 1946. He engaged in general insurance business in Wallingford in 1935. He served as delegate to the Democratic state conventions from 1936 to 1956, and to the Democratic National Convention in 1950.

Mcguire was elected as a Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
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 to the Eighty-first
81st United States Congress
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 and to the Eighty-second
82nd United States Congress
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 Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1953). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952 to the Eighty-third
83rd United States Congress
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 Congress.

He resumed his activity in the insurance, real estate, and travel business. He served as member of Connecticut State Legislature 1961-1962. He was appointed deputy sheriff, New Haven County
New Haven County, Connecticut
New Haven County is a county located in the south central part of the U.S. state of Connecticut. As of the 2010 Census, the county population is 862,477 making it the third most populated county in Connecticut. There are 1,340 people per square mile...

, November 10, 1969. He was the executive director of the Wallingford Housing Authority at the time of his death. He died in Wallingford, Connecticut
Wallingford, Connecticut
Wallingford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 43,026 at the 2000 census.- History :Wallingford was established on October 10, 1667, when the Connecticut General Assembly authorized the "making of a village on the east river" to 38 planters and freemen...

, May 28, 1976, and was interred in St. John's Cemetery.
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