| 词条 | Peter M. McCormack |
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|image = |imagesize = | name = Peter M. McCormack | birth_date = April 22, 1919 | birth_place = Brookline, Massachusetts | death_date = January 28, 1988 (aged 76) | death_place = Cambridge, Massachusetts |restingplace = | nationality = | website = | occupation = | residence = | party = Democrat | spouse = | alma_mater = Brookline High School | title1 = Norfolk County, Massachusetts Sheriff | term_start1 = 1959 | term_end1 = 1960 | predecessor1 = Samuel H. Wragg | successor1 = Charles Hedges | title3 = Member of the Massachusetts Senate for the Norfolk and Suffolk District | term_start3 = 1959 | term_end3 = 1959 | predecessor3 = Philip G. Bowker | successor3 = Joseph Silvano }} Peter Michael McCormack (April 22, 1919-January 28, 1988) was an American court officer and politician who served as sheriff of Norfolk County, Massachusetts from 1959 to 1960 and was a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1959. Early lifeMcCormack was born on April 22, 1919 in Brookline, Massachusetts.[1] He attended Saint Mary of the Assumption School and Brookline High School.[1][3] During World War II, McCormack served in the United States Army. He served four and a half years with the Americal Division in the South Pacific. In 1944, he married Mary Wilson, then an ensign in the United States Navy Nurse Corps. After the war, McCormack worked as a court officer at the Brookline District Court.[2] Political careerIn 1956, McCormack was the Democratic nominee for sheriff of Norfolk County, but lost to incumbent Samuel H. Wragg by 33,000 votes. In 1958 he upset incumbent state senator Philip G. Bowker to represent the Norfolk and Suffolk District. Wragg died on May 13, 1959 and six days later, Governor Foster Furcolo appointed McCormack to finish Wragg's term.[2] McCormack chose to wait until the end of the 1959 legislative session to assume office. He was sworn in on November 19, 1959.[3] In 1960, McCormack was defeated by Republican state senator Charles W. Hedges 128,319 votes to 117,843.[4] Later lifeIn 1962, McCormack was appointed executive director of the Brookline Housing Authority. In 1970 he became vice president and director of security of Chamberlayne Junior College. He later served as Norfolk County's liaison officer to the state Department of Corrections until his retirement in 1977. McCormack died suddenly on January 28, 1988.[5] References1. ^1 {{cite book |author= |coauthors= |title=Public Officials of Massachusetts 1959-1960 |year= |pages=71 |publisher= |quote= | url=https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof19591960bost#page/70/mode/2up |isbn= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:McCormack, Peter M.}}2. ^1 {{cite news|author=Hanron, Robert|title=Being Sheriff Life's Ambition Of McCormack|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=May 20, 1959}} 3. ^{{cite news|title=10 Deputies Quit to Protest New Sheriff: McCormack and 5 New Aides Take Oath for Norfolk Posts|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=November 20, 1959}} 4. ^{{cite news|author=Yudis, Anthony|title=Norfolk County Sheriff's Seat Captured by Quincy Republican|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=November 10, 1960}} 5. ^1 {{cite news|title=Peter McCormack, Former State Senator at 68|work=The Boston Globe|date=January 31, 1988}} 7 : 1919 births|1988 deaths|Massachusetts Democrats|Massachusetts sheriffs|Massachusetts state senators|People from Brookline, Massachusetts|20th-century American politicians |
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