John Andrew Sullivan

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

For other people named John Sullivan, see John Sullivan (disambiguation).
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
DiedMay 31, 1927(1927-05-31) (aged 59)
Scituate, Massachusetts
Resting placeHoly Cross Cemetery, Malden, Massachusetts
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materBoston University Law School
ProfessionLawyer

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). 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 1920-1925. 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
  • United States Congress. "John Andrew Sullivan (id: S001055)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Notes
  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.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Joseph J. Corbett		 Boston Corporation Counsel
1914–1917		 Succeeded by
Daniel V. McIssac
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
Samuel L. Powers		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 11th congressional district
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907		 Succeeded by
Andrew James Peters
Political offices
Preceded by
Charles Hiller Innes		 Member of the
Massachusetts State Senate
Fifth Suffolk District
1900–1902		 Succeeded by
Charles S. Clerke

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