Horace T. Cahill

{{Infobox officeholder

|name= Horace T. Cahill

|image=1935 Horace Cahill Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

|imagesize=120px

|caption=Horace Cahill, circa 1935

|order= 54th

|office= Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

|term_start= January 5, 1939

|term_end= January 3, 1945

|governor= Leverett Saltonstall

|predecessor= Francis E. Kelly

|successor= Robert F. Bradford

|order1=

|office1= Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

|term_start1= 1937

|term_end1= 1938

|predecessor1= Leverett Saltonstall

|successor1= Christian Herter

|birth_date= {{Birth date|1894|12|12}}

|birth_place=New York City

|death_date={{death date and age|1976|8|22|1894|12|12}}

|death_place=Quincy, Massachusetts

|party= Republican

|profession=

|spouse=

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}}

Horace Tracy Cahill (December 12, 1894 – August 22, 1976) was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and, from 1939 to 1945, as the 54th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. In 1944 Cahill was the unsuccessfully Republican candidate for governor.

Early life

Cahill was born to George William and Alice Gertrude (Dallon) Cahill in New York City on December 12, 1894.{{cite news|title=American Legislative Leaders in the Northeast, 1911-1994|year=2000|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Westport, Connecticut|author1= Sharp, James Roger |author2=Sharp, Nancy Weatherly |page=69 }}

After his father's death Cahill moved with his family to Boston, Massachusetts.

Career

Prior to becoming a politician, Cahill served in the United States Army in World War I.{{Cite web|title = The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Caelia to Caiman|url = http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/caesar-caillavet.html|website = politicalgraveyard.com|access-date = 2015-11-14}} From 1947 to 1973 he was a Superior Court judge. There is an auditorium in Braintree, Massachusetts named in his honor.{{Cite web|title = Braintree Town Council seeks new chambers|url = http://www.patriotledger.com/article/20131206/News/312069358|website = The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA|access-date = 2015-11-14}}{{cite news|title=Horace T. Cahill, former lt. governor|date=August 23, 1976|newspaper=The Berkshire Eagle|location=Pittsfield, Massachusetts|page=17|access-date=May 21, 2018|via = Newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/55006811/}}