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Wragg</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1923_Samuel_Wragg_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/1923_Samuel_Wragg_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png/120px-1923_Samuel_Wragg_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/1923_Samuel_Wragg_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png/180px-1923_Samuel_Wragg_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/1923_Samuel_Wragg_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives.png 2x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="339" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Samuel Wragg, circa 1923</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_County,_Massachusetts" title="Norfolk County, Massachusetts">Norfolk County, Massachusetts</a> Sheriff</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1939–1959</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Capen" title="Samuel Capen">Samuel Capen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peter_M._McCormack" title="Peter M. McCormack">Peter M. McCormack</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Massachusetts_Senate" title="President of the Massachusetts Senate">President of the Massachusetts Senate</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1937–1939</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_G._Moran" title="James G. Moran">James G. Moran</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_R._Cotton" title="Joseph R. Cotton">Joseph R. Cotton</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Senate" title="Massachusetts Senate">Massachusetts Senate</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1925–1939</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frank_G._Allen" title="Frank G. Allen">Frank G. Allen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mason_Sears" title="Mason Sears">Mason Sears</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data">1st Norfolk District (1925-27)<br />Norfolk and Middlesex District (1927-39)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">June 9, 1882<br /><a href="/wiki/Needham,_Massachusetts" title="Needham, Massachusetts">Needham, Massachusetts</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">May 13, 1959 (aged 76)<br />Needham, Massachusetts</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Samuel H. Wragg</b> (June 9, 1882 – May 13, 1959) was an American politician who served as <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Massachusetts_Senate" title="President of the Massachusetts Senate">President of the Massachusetts Senate</a> from 1937 to 1939 and sheriff of <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_County,_Massachusetts" title="Norfolk County, Massachusetts">Norfolk County, Massachusetts</a>, from 1939 to 1959. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_H._Wragg&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wragg was on June 9, 1882, in <a href="/wiki/Needham,_Massachusetts" title="Needham, Massachusetts">Needham, Massachusetts</a>. He attended public schools in Needham and worked in manufacturing before entering politics.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_H._Wragg&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wragg served on the Needham Board of Selectmen from 1914 to 1920 and in the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives">Massachusetts House of Representatives</a> from 1919 to 1924. In 1924, Wragg was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Senate" title="Massachusetts Senate">Massachusetts Senate</a>. During his tenure in the Senate, Wragg chaired the Joint Committee on Municipal Finance and the special commission on public expenditures and was a member of the rules, conservation, and public welfare committees.<sup id="cite_ref-Sought_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sought-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1931 to 1955, Wragg also served as Needham's town moderator.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Senate_leadership">Senate leadership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_H._Wragg&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Senate leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1935, Republican <a href="/wiki/James_G._Moran" title="James G. Moran">James G. Moran</a> was elected president of the Senate with the votes of 19 Democrats and 1 Republican.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Moran routinely sided with the Democrats and the majority of Republican Senators voted to form a steering committee, chaired by Wragg, which would serve as the party's official organization in the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 1936, Wragg announced that he would seek the Senate presidency in the 1937-38 session.<sup id="cite_ref-Sought_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sought-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wragg secured more Republican support than floor leader <a href="/wiki/Donald_W._Nicholson" title="Donald W. Nicholson">Donald W. Nicholson</a> and was elected president.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sheriff_of_Norfolk_County">Sheriff of Norfolk County</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_H._Wragg&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sheriff of Norfolk County"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1938, Wragg was elected Sheriff of Norfolk County. He held the position until his death on May 13, 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_H._Wragg&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Massachusetts legislature: <a href="/wiki/1919_Massachusetts_legislature" title="1919 Massachusetts legislature">1919</a>, <a href="/wiki/1920_Massachusetts_legislature" title="1920 Massachusetts legislature">1920</a>, <a href="/wiki/1921%E2%80%931922_Massachusetts_legislature" title="1921–1922 Massachusetts legislature">1921–1922</a>, <a href="/wiki/1923%E2%80%931924_Massachusetts_legislature" title="1923–1924 Massachusetts legislature">1923–1924</a>, <a 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