James A. Gallivan

James Ambrose Gallivan (October 22, 1866 – April 3, 1928) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.

James Ambrose Gallivan
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 12th district
In office
April 7, 1914 – April 3, 1928
Preceded byJames Michael Curley
Succeeded byJohn William McCormack
Member of the
Massachusetts State Senate
6th Suffolk District[1]
In office
1897–1898
Preceded byWilliam H. McMorrow[2]
Succeeded byJohn E. Baldwin[3]
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
13th Suffolk District[4]
In office
1895–1896
Personal details
BornOctober 22, 1866
South Boston, Massachusetts[5]
DiedApril 3, 1928 (aged 61)
Arlington, Massachusetts
Resting placeSt. Joseph Cemetery in West Roxbury, Massachusetts
Political partyDemocratic[5]
Alma materBoston Latin School, 1884; Harvard University, 1888
ProfessionJournalist[6]

Biography

Gallivan was born in Boston on October 22, 1866. He attended the public schools, graduated from the Boston Latin School in 1884 and from Harvard College in 1888. He then engaged in newspaper work.

Gallivan was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1895 and 1896,[5] and served in the Massachusetts State Senate from 1897 to 1898.[5] 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 Michael Curley. Andrew Peters later defeated Gallivan and two other candidates in the December 1917 election for Mayor of Boston.

Gallivan 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.

See also

References
  • United States Congress. "James A. Gallivan (id: G000024)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Footnotes
  1. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1897), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators, Volume VI, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgman, p. 118
  2. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1896), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators, Volume V, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgman, p. 132
  3. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1900), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators, Volume IX, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgman, p. 138
  4. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1895), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators, Volume IV, Brockton, MA: A. M. Bridgman, p. 177
  5. Howard, Richard T. (1921), Public officials of Massachusetts 1921-1922, Boston, MA: The Boston Review, p. Page 8
  6. Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1898), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators, Volume VII, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgman, p. 119
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