Background
Guilfoile, Francis Patrick was born on February 4, 1875 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. Son of Michael and Catherine (Lawlor) Guilfoile.
Guilfoile, Francis Patrick was born on February 4, 1875 in Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. Son of Michael and Catherine (Lawlor) Guilfoile.
Graduate Waterbury High School. Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Mount Saint Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Maryland., 1895, Doctor of Laws, 1908. Doctor of Laws, Catholic University of America, Washington, District of Columbia, 1898.
Admitted to Connecticut bar, 1899, and since practiced in Waterbury. Member firm of Cowell & Guilfoile and was senior partner Guilfoile & McEvoy (dissolved upon appointment of latter as judge Superior Court). Member Connecticut House of Representatives, 1901-1902.
Connecticut Constitutional Convention, 1902.
Corporation counsel, City of Waterbury, 1909-1917. Mayor of Waterbury, 1921-1929.
Nominated as Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor of Connecticut, 1916.
Member Waterbury City Planning Board, Bronson Library Board Secretary 3d Draft Board and Member American, Connecticut State, New Haven Company and Waterbury bar associations.
Married Margaret Mary McDonald, of Waterbury, Connecticut, June 29, 1908. Children: Margaret Frances, Mary Catherine.