Torbert Macdonald
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Torbert Hart MacDonald, nicknamed Torby, was a politician from Massachusetts. He served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives.
Macdonald was born in Everett, Massachusetts on June 6, 1917. He grew up in Malden, Massachusetts, and after several years in public school, he entered Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. McDonald attended Harvard University, where he was captain of the football team and the roommate of John F. Kennedy. At Harvard he earned his B.A. in 1940 and his LL.B. in 1946 from its law school.
Torby served in the United States Navy as a PT boat commander in the Southwest Pacific from 1942 to 1944 and was awarded Silver Star Combat Award and Presidential Citation. He was admitted to the bar in 1946 and commenced the practice of law in Boston, Massachusetts. Torby was a member of the National Labor Relations Board for New England area from 1948 to 1952, and he was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1960, 1964, and 1968.
Macdonal was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth Congress. Reelected to the ten succeeding Congresses, he served from January 3, 1955, until his death, May 21, 1976, in Bethesda, Maryland. His interment was in Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden, Massachusetts.
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| Preceded by Angier L. Goodwin |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 8th congressional district January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963 |
Succeeded by Tip O'Neill (district moved) |
| Preceded by Thomas J. Lane (district moved) |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 7th congressional district January 3, 1963 – May 21, 1976 |
Succeeded by Edward Markey |
