{{Short description|American politician (1898–1980)}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = File:JosephECasey.jpg | state = [[Massachusetts]] | district = {{ushr|MA|3|3rd}} | term_start = January 3, 1935 | term_end = January 3, 1943 | preceded = [[Frank H. Foss]] | succeeded = [[Philip J. Philbin]] | birth_name = Joseph Edward Casey | birth_date = {{birth date|1898|12|27}} | birth_place = [[Clinton, Massachusetts]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1980|9|1|1898|12|27}} | death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse = | relatives = [[Alex Kuczynski]] (granddaughter) | children = [[John Casey (novelist)|John Casey]]<br />Jane Dudley Casey | alma_mater = [[Boston University School of Law]] | occupation = | profession = [[Lawyer]] | signature = | footnotes = | allegiance = {{nowrap|{{flag|United States of America}}}} | branch = [[File:Flag of the United States Army (unofficial proportions).svg|border|20px]] [[United States Army]] | service_years = 1918 | rank = [[Private (United States)|Private]] }}
'''Joseph Edward Casey''' (December 27, 1898 – September 1, 1980) was a [[United States representative]] from [[Massachusetts]]. Born in [[Clinton, Massachusetts|Clinton]], he attended the public schools, served as a private in the [[United States Army]] at [[Fort Lee (Virginia)|Fort Lee]], [[Virginia]], in 1918, and graduated from the [[Boston University School of Law]] in 1920. He was admitted to the [[bar (law)|bar]] that year and commenced practice in Clinton. He was a delegate to the [[Democratic National Convention]]s in 1924, 1932, 1936, 1940, and 1944, and was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1935, to January 3, 1943). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1942 to the [[Seventy-eighth Congress]] and was [[1942 United States Senate election in Massachusetts|an unsuccessful candidate for election]] to the [[United States Senate]]. He resumed the practice of law in Boston and in [[Washington, D.C.]], where he resided until his death. Interment was in [[Arlington National Cemetery]], Section 1, Lot 761-B.
His son is novelist [[John Casey (novelist)|John Casey]]. His daughter Jane Dudley Casey was the first wife of [[Pedro Pablo Kuczynski]], who later became President of Peru from 2016 to 2018. His granddaughter is journalist and writer [[Alex Kuczynski]]. His daughter, Caroline Casey,<ref name="wapo/casey-dies">{{cite news |title=Joseph E. Casey Dies, 4-Term Massachusetts Congressman, Attorney |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1980/09/02/joseph-e-casey-dies-4-term-massachusetts-congressman-attorney/0cb7c7d0-176e-4032-b7ba-046ef252fd50/ |access-date=10 May 2025 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=2 September 1980}}</ref><ref name="washingtonpost/1992/04/19/mixed-blessings">{{cite news |last1=Casey |first1=Constance |title=MIXED BLESSINGS |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/1992/04/19/mixed-blessings/fcf2109d-75ed-478a-84ba-760c99c7f5e0/ |access-date=10 May 2025 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=19 April 1992}}</ref> is " a well-known Washington astrologer".<ref name="nytimes/trump-watergate">{{cite news |last1=Quinn |first1=Sally |author1-link=Sally Quinn |title=Opinion: on the Fear and Isolation of Trump's Washington |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/opinion/washington-toxic-trump-watergate.html |access-date=10 May 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=9 May 2025}}</ref>
==See also== * [[List of members of the House Un-American Activities Committee]]
==References== {{Reflist}} {{CongBio|C000225}}
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Joseph E. Casey}}
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