American politician (1898–1980)
Joseph Edward Casey (December 27, 1898 – September 1, 1980) was a United States representative from Massachusetts . Born in Clinton , he attended the public schools, served as a private in the United States Army at Fort Lee , Virginia , in 1918, and graduated from the Boston University School of Law in 1920. He was admitted to the bar that year and commenced practice in Clinton. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1924, 1932, 1936, 1940, and 1944, and was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1935, to January 3, 1943). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress and was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate . He resumed the practice of law in Boston and in Washington, D.C. , where he resided until his death. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery , Section 1, Lot 761-B.
His son is novelist John Casey . His daughter Jane Dudley Casey was the first wife of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski , who later became President of Peru from 2016 to 2018. His granddaughter is journalist and writer Alex Kuczynski .
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