Patrick J. Duane (August 18, 1862 – May 30, 1949) was an Irish-born American politician who served as mayor of Waltham, Massachusetts from 1912 to 1914 and again from 1930 to 1934.
Duane was born on August 18, 1862, in Doneraile, County Cork, Ireland.
He then moved to Thomaston, Connecticut to work as a machinist for the Seth Thomas Clock Company.
After eight years as a machinist for Waltham Watch, Duane was made a job master in the flat steel department.
He became acting United States Marshal in 1920 after John Joseph Mitchell became the district's collector of internal revenue and later that year arrested Charles Ponzi.
[3] In 1934, Duane was made a special justice of the Waltham district court by Governor Joseph B.
[3] Duane backed Republican Gaspar G. Bacon over Democrat James Michael Curley in the 1934 Massachusetts gubernatorial election.