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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsJames Michael SHANNON
(1952- )
SHANNON, James Michael, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Methuen, Essex County,
Mass., April 4, 1952; attended parochial school in Lawrence;
graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, 1969; B.A., Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Md., 1973; J.D., George Washington
University, Washington, D.C., 1975; admitted to the Massachusetts
bar, 1975, Washington, D.C., bar, 1976, and commenced practice in
Lawrence, Mass., in 1976; aide to United States Representative
Michael Harrington and intern to United States Representative F.
Bradford Morse; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixth and to
the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1985);
was not a candidate for reelection in 1984 to the Ninety-ninth
Congress but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the
United States Senate; resumed the practice of law; elected attorney
general of Massachusetts in 1986 for the four-year term beginning
in 1987; is a resident of Lawrence, Mass.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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