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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsThomas Aloysius FLAHERTY
(1898-1965)
FLAHERTY, Thomas Aloysius,
a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass.,
December 21, 1898; attended the public schools and Northeastern
University Law School, Boston, Mass.; served as a private in the
United States Army in 1918; employed with the United States
Veterans’ Administration at Boston, Mass., 1920-1934; member
of the State house of representatives 1935-1937; elected as a
Democrat to the Seventy-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of John P. Higgins; reelected to the
Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses and served from
December 14, 1937, to January 3, 1943; was not a candidate for
renomination in 1942; served as transit commissioner of the city of
Boston 1943-1945; chairman of the Department of Public Utilities of
Massachusetts 1946-1953, serving as commissioner 1953-1955;
chairman, Board of Review, Assessing Department, city of Boston,
1956-1960; real estate broker and appraiser; was a resident of
Charlestown, Mass., where he died April 27, 1965; interment in Holy
Cross Cemetery, Malden, Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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