Margaret Heckler |
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In office January 30, 1986 – August 20, 1989 |
President | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush |
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Preceded by | Robert Kane |
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Succeeded by | Richard Moore |
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In office March 9, 1983 – December 13, 1985 |
President | Ronald Reagan |
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Preceded by | Richard Schweiker |
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Succeeded by | Otis Bowen |
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In office January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1983 |
Preceded by | Joseph Martin |
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Succeeded by | Gerry Studds |
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In office 1963–1967 |
Governor | Endicott Peabody John Volpe |
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Preceded by | Abraham Kahalas |
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Succeeded by | John Craven |
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Born | Margaret Mary O'Shaughnessy (1931-06-21)June 21, 1931 New York City, New York, U.S. |
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Died | August 6, 2018(2018-08-06) (aged 87) Arlington, Virginia, U.S. |
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Political party | Republican |
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Alma mater | Albertus Magnus College Boston College |
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Margaret Mary Heckler (June 21, 1931 – August 6, 2018) was an American Republican politician from Massachusetts.
She 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.
Heckler died at a hospital in Arlington, Virginia from a heart attack on August 6, 2018 at the age of 87.[1]
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