William D Delahunt

A Representative from Massachusetts; born in Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass., July 18, 1941; graduated from Thayer Academy, Braintree, Mass.; B.A., Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt., 1963; J.D., Boston College School of Law, Chestnut Hill, Mass., 1967; United States Coast Guard Reserves, 1963-1971; lawyer, private practice; member of the Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1973-1975; Norfolk County, Mass., district attorney, 1975-1996; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1997-January 3, 2011); not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010