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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Thomas A. Flaherty |
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Charlestown, Massachusetts , United States |
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December 21, 1898
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| Died | April 27, 1965
(66 years)
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | Thomas Aloysius Flaherty was a member of the US House of Representatives from Massachusetts. Flaherty was born in Boston, Massachusetts, December 21, 1898. He attended the public schools, Boston College High School[5] and and Northeastern University Law School.
He served as a private in the United States Army in 1918. Latter he took a job with the United States Veterans’ Administration at Boston. He was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1934. He then was 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 Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities 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, Massachusetts, where he died April 27, 1965; interment in Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, Massachusetts.
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