Edward Boland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American politician
Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1911
Place of Birth: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 04-Nov-2001
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Edward Boland
- Edward Patrick "Ed" Boland (October 1, 1911 – November 4, 2001) was a politician from the state of Massachusetts.
- A Democrat, he was a representative from Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. Boland's father was an Irish immigrant railroad worker.
- Boland was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and graduated from Springfield Central High School in 1928.
- He attended Bay Path Institute and Boston College Law School.
- He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1939 to 1940 and was the Hampden County register of deeds from 1941 to 1952.
- He also served in the United States Army during World War II.Boland was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1952.
- Congressman Boland was in office during the closing of the Springfield Armory in 1968, and was harshly criticized for his inability to prevent its closure.
- This failure resulted in a challenge to Boland in 1968 by Springfield Mayor Charles V.
- Ryan.
- Boland was re-elected handily with significant help from the family of U.S.
- Senator Ted Kennedy in what was to be the last challenge to Boland by a major contender.
- Boland's most famous work as a congressman was the 1982 Boland Amendment, which blocked certain funding of the Contras in Nicaragua after the Central Intelligence Agency had supervised acts of sabotage without notifying Congress.
- Boland lived in a Washington apartment with fellow Massachusetts Congressman Tip O'Neill (whose wife remained in Massachusetts) until 1977.
- Boland married at the age of 62, fathering four children.
- Boland retired from the House in 1989.
- Boland died in 2001 at the age of 90 from natural causes.
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