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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsMichael Francis PHELAN
(1875-1941)
PHELAN, Michael Francis, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Lynn, Essex County,
Mass., October 22, 1875; attended the public schools; was graduated
from Lynn Classical High School, from the academic department of
Harvard University in 1897, and from the law department of the same
university in 1900; was admitted to the bar in 1900 and commenced
practice in Lynn; member of the State house of representatives in
1905 and 1906; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and to the
three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1921);
chairman, Committee on Banking and Currency (Sixty-fifth Congress);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh
Congress; practiced law in Lynn and Boston, Mass., and Washington,
D.C.; member of the Merrimac Valley Sewage Commission in 1937;
appointed a member of the Massachusetts Labor Relations Board in
1937 and served until his death in Boston, Mass., October 12, 1941;
interment in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Lynn, Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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