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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaJohn Harold FLANNERY
(1898-1961)
FLANNERY, John Harold, a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Pittston, Luzerne County,
Pa., April 19, 1898; attended the public schools; was graduated
from Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa., in 1917 and from Dickinson
School of Law, Carlisle, Pa., in 1920; during the First World War
served as a private in the United States Army and was honorably
discharged on December 14, 1918; was admitted to the bar in 1921
and commenced practice in Pittston, Pa.; solicitor for Pittston
City, Pa., 1926-1930; served as assistant district attorney of
Luzerne County, Pa., 1932-1936; elected as a Democrat to the
Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, and Seventy-seventh Congresses and
served from January 3, 1937, until his resignation on January 3,
1942, to become judge of the common pleas court of Luzerne County,
Pa.; reelected in 1951 for a ten-year term and served until his
death; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1944 and
in 1960; died in Bethesda, Md., June 3, 1961; interment in Mount
Olivet Catholic Cemetery, Pittston, Pa.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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