Lawrence J. Flaherty

Lawrence J. Flaherty, California Congressman.

Lawrence James Flaherty (July 4, 1878 – June 13, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from California.

Born in San Mateo, California, Flaherty moved with his parents to San Francisco in 1888. He attended the public school. Learned the trade of cement mason. He served as member of the board of police commissioners of San Francisco 1911-1915. He served in the California State Senate from 1915 to 1922. He served as president of the San Francisco Building Trades from 1921 to 1926. He was appointed United States surveyor of customs for the port of San Francisco on November 1, 1921, and served until March 3, 1925, when he resigned, having been elected to Congress.

Flaherty was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress and served from March 4, 1925, until his death in New York City on June 13, 1926, aged 47. He was interred in Holy Cross Cemetery, near San Mateo, California.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

References

• United States Congress. "Lawrence J. Flaherty (id: F000182)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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