James A. Gallivan
U.S. Congressperson
1866 – 1928
Who was James A. Gallivan?
James Ambrose Gallivan was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Boston on October 22, 1866. Gallivan attended the public schools, graduated from the Boston Latin School in 1884 and from Harvard University in 1888. He then engaged in newspaper work. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1895 and 1896, and served in the Massachusetts State Senate from 1897 to 1898. Gallivan served as street commissioner of Boston, and was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James M. Curley. He was reelected to the Sixty-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from April 7, 1914, until his death in Arlington on April 3, 1928. His interment was in St. Joseph Cemetery in West Roxbury.
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- Born
- Oct 22, 1866
Boston - Also known as
- James Gallivan
- Education
- Harvard University
- Boston Latin School
- Lived in
- Boston
- Died
- Apr 3, 1928
Arlington
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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