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John Andrew Sullivan

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John Andrew Sullivan
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 11th district
In office
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907
Preceded bySamuel L. Powers
Succeeded byAndrew James Peters
Member of the
Massachusetts State Senate
Fifth Suffolk District[1]
In office
1900-1902
Preceded byCharles Hiller Innes[2]
Succeeded byCharles S. Clerke[3]
Personal details
Born(1868-05-10)May 10, 1868
Boston, Massachusetts, US
DiedMay 31, 1927(1927-05-31) (aged 59)
Scituate, Massachusetts, US
Resting placeHoly Cross Cemetery, Malden, Massachusetts
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materBoston University Law School
ProfessionLawyer

John Andrew Sullivan (May 10, 1868 – May 31, 1927) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Sullivan attended the common and high schools. He was graduated from the Boston University Law School in 1896. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Boston, Massachusetts. He served as member of the Massachusetts State Senate 1900-1902.

Sullivan was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907).[4] He declined to be a candidate for renomination. He resumed the practice of law in Boston, Massachusetts.

He was appointed a member of the Boston Finance Commission in July 1907 and served until the commission expired. In June 1909, Sullivan became chairman of the permanent Boston Finance Commission. He resigned in 1914 to become corporation counsel of Boston. Later, he was a lecturer on municipal government at Harvard University in 1912 and 1913 and then at Boston University Law School from 1920 to 1925. Sullivan resumed the practice of his profession in Boston.

He died in Scituate, Massachusetts, May 31, 1927 and was interred in Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, Massachusetts.

References

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  • United States Congress. "John Andrew Sullivan (id: S001055)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Notes

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  1. ^ Bridgman, A. M. (1902), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators Volume IX, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgeman, p. 140
  2. ^ Bridgman, A. M. (1900), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators Volume XI, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgeman, p. 140
  3. ^ Bridgman, A. M. (1903), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators Volume XII, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgeman, p. 141
  4. ^ "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. 9 November 1903. p. 50. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Joseph J. Corbett
 Boston Corporation Counsel
1914–1917 		Succeeded by
Alexander Whiteside
Political offices
Preceded by
Position created
 Chairman of the Boston Finance Commission
1909–1914 		Succeeded by
John R. Murphy
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 11th congressional district
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Member of the
Massachusetts State Senate
Fifth Suffolk District
1900–1902 		Succeeded by
Charles S. Clerke

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