Margaret Heckler
| Margaret Heckler | |
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| 15th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | |
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In office March 9, 1983 – December 13, 1985 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Richard Schweiker |
| Succeeded by | Otis Bowen |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th district |
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In office January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Martin |
| Succeeded by | Gerry Studds |
| United States Ambassador to Ireland | |
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In office January 30, 1986 – August 20, 1989 |
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| President |
Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Robert Kane |
| Succeeded by | Richard Moore |
| Member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council from the 2nd district |
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In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967 |
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| Governor |
Endicott Peabody John Volpe |
| Preceded by | Abraham Kahalas |
| Succeeded by | John Craven |
| Personal details | |
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Margaret Mary O'Shaughnessy June 21, 1931 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education |
Albertus Magnus College (BA) Boston College (LLB) |
Margaret Mary Heckler (née O'Shaughnessy; born June 21, 1931) is a Republican politician from Massachusetts who served in the United States House of Representatives for eight terms, from 1967-83 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.
She was born Margaret Mary O'Shaughnessy in Flushing, New York. Her undergraduate studies began at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands in 1952 and went on to graduate from Albertus Magnus College (B.A. 1953) and from Boston College Law School (LL.B. 1956), she was admitted to the bar in Massachusetts. She was an editor of the Annual Survey of Massachusetts Law.
From 1963-67, Heckler served as Governor's councilor for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1964 and 1968 and was elected as a Republican to the 90th through the 97th Congresses (January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1983). Heckler received an Honorary Doctorate from Johnson & Wales University in 1975.
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