Joseph L. Carrigg
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Joseph Leonard Carrigg (February 23, 1901–February 6, 1989) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Joseph L. Carrigg was born in Susquehanna, PA. He graduated from Niagara University in Niagara Falls, New York in 1922, Albany Law School in Albany, New York in 1924, and Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, PA, in 1925. He was district attorney of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, from 1936 to 1948, and burgess of the borough of Susquehanna from 1948 to 1951.
Carrigg was elected as a Republican to the 82nd Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Wilson D. Gillette. He was reelected to the Eighty-third, Eighty-fourth, and Eighty-fifth Congresses. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958. After his time in Congress, he served as the Director of Practice for the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, D.C., from 1959 to 1960. He also worked as secretary to Representative William Scranton of Pennsylvania in 1961. He served as manager of the State Workmen’s Insurance Fund of Pennsylvania from 1963 through 1971.
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- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Remarks by Representative Joseph M. McDade
- The Political Graveyard
| Preceded by Wilson D. Gillette |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district 1951-1953 |
Succeeded by George M. Rhodes |
| Preceded by Harry P. O'Neill |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district 1953-1959 |
Succeeded by Stanley A. Prokop |
