Michael J. Harrington

For other uses, see Michael Harrington (disambiguation).

Michael Joseph Harrington
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 6th district
In office September 30, 1969 – January 3, 1979
Preceded by	William H. Bates
Succeeded by	Nicholas Mavroules
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 6th Essex District[1]
In office 1964-1969
Member of the Salem, Massachusetts City Council
In office 1960-1964[1]
Personal details
Born	September 2, 1936[1] Salem, Massachusetts[1]
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Harvard University, A.B., 1958;[1] Harvard Law School, L.L.B., 1961;[1] Harvard Graduate School of Public Administration, 1963.[1]

Michael Joseph Harrington (born September 2, 1936 in Salem, Massachusetts) is a former U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Harrington graduated from St. John’s Preparatory School, in Danvers, Massachusetts, in 1954, then earned a B.A. at Harvard University in 1958 and a J.D. at Harvard Law School in 1961.

After serving on the Salem City Council from 1960 to 1963, Harrington was elected to the Massachusetts State Legislature in 1964, serving until 1969. That year he won a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of U.S. Representative William H. Bates, and was subsequently re-elected to four terms as a Congressman, serving from (September 30, 1969 to January 3, 1979).

On July 8, 1975 Rep. Harrington called on House Speaker Carl Albert to convene the Democratic party committee to examine a secrecy system which he said has covered up "grotesque violations of the law" abroad by the CIA. At a news conference the Massachusetts Democratic also released three other letters countering efforts in the House to censure him for his role in surfacing the disclosure in 1974 that the CIA spent 11 million dollars (1974 dollars not inflation adjusted) to influence the Chilean political situation. -(UPI- Washington, July 8, 1975).

Harrington is currently a resident of Beverly, Massachusetts.

References

• Michael J. Harrington at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Pidgeon, Norman L. (1967), 1967-1968 Public officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, p. 179. 

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by William H. Bates	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 6th congressional district September 30, 1969 – January 3, 1979	Succeeded by Nicholas Mavroules

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Name	Harrington, Michael J.
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Date of birth	September 2, 1936
Place of birth	Salem, Massachusetts
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