Dennis Thomas Flynn

Dennis Thomas Flynn

Dennis Thomas Flynn (born February 13, 1861 in Phoenixville , Chester County , Pennsylvania , † June 19, 1939 in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma ) was an American politician . Between 1893 and 1897 and again between 1899 and 1903 he represented the Oklahoma Territory as a delegate in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1863, Dennis Flynn moved to Buffalo, New York State with his mother . After his mother's death, he was raised in a Catholic orphanage until 1880. He then attended the local public schools and Canisius College in Buffalo. After moving to Riverside , Iowa , he founded the newspaper "Riverside Reader", which he also published. After studying law and its made in 1882 admitted to the bar in Flynn began Kiowa ( Kansas ) to work in his new profession. There he published the newspaper "Kiowa Herald". Between 1884 and 1885 he was a postman for a few months and from 1886 to 1889 a lawyer for the city of Kiowa.

In 1889, Dennis Flynn moved to Guthrie , Oklahoma Territory. There he was a postman from 1889 to 1892. Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party . In 1890 he ran unsuccessfully for the office of Congress Delegate. In the elections of 1892 he was elected as a delegate to the US House of Representatives, where he replaced David Archibald Harvey on March 4, 1893 . After re-election in 1894, he was initially able to exercise his mandate in Congress until March 3, 1897. As a delegate, however, he had no voting rights there. In the elections of 1896 he was defeated by James Yancy Callahan . But Flynn was re-elected as a delegate to Congress in the next congressional elections. After being re-elected in 1900, he was able to complete two further legislative periods until March 3, 1903. In 1902 Flynn declined to run again.

After serving in Congress, Dennis Flynn worked as an attorney in Oklahoma City. In 1908 he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the US Senate and in 1912 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention .

Web links

• Dennis Thomas Flynn in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Dennis Thomas Flynn in the database of Find a Grave (English)