Peter F. Flaherty
Politician
1924 – 2005
Who was Peter F. Flaherty?
Peter Francis "Pete" Flaherty was an American politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
He served as Assistant District Attorney of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania from 1957 to 1964; a City of Pittsburgh Councilman 1966 to 1970; Democratic mayor of Pittsburgh from 1970 to 1977; United States Deputy Attorney General during the Carter administration from 1977 to 1978, and County Commissioner of Allegheny County from 1984 to 1996.
Flaherty was born and raised on Pittsburgh's North Side. He served in the United States Air Force during World War II and used the G.I. Bill to become the first in his family to attend college. He graduated from Carlow University in three years, then graduated cum laude from Notre Dame Law School and became a member of the Pennsylvania Bar. He developed his own legal practice which included the Pittsburgh Steelers among his clients.
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- Born
- Jun 25, 1924
Pittsburgh - Also known as
- Peter Flaherty
- Spouses
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Carlow University
- University of Notre Dame
- Lived in
- Pennsylvania
- Died
- Apr 18, 2005
Pittsburgh
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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