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Edward P. Boland
Edward Patrick Boland (October 1, 1911 - November 4, 2001) was a politician from the state of Massachusetts.
Boland was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. He was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1934 and he served in the United States Army during World War II. Boland was elected to the House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1952. Boland's most famous work as a Congressman was the Boland Amendment, which forbade the funding of the Contras in Nicaragua. Boland lived in an apartment with Tip O'Neill until 1977 and he married at the age of 62, fathering four children. Boland retired from the House in 1988.
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