James A. Gallivan

James A. Gallivan

James Ambrose Gallivan (born October 22, 1866 in Boston , Massachusetts , †  April 3, 1928 in Arlington , Massachusetts) was an American politician . Between 1914 and 1928 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Gallivan attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1884 the Boston Latin School . He then studied until 1888 at Harvard University . Subsequently he worked in the newspaper industry. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the House of Representatives from Massachusetts in 1895 and 1896 ; from 1897 to 1898 he was a member of the State Senate . Between 1900 and 1914 he served as Street Commissioner for the city of Boston.

After the resignation of MP James Michael Curley , Gallivan was elected in the by-election for the twelfth seat of Massachusetts as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on April 7, 1914. After seven re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on April 3, 1928 . During this time the First World War fell . The 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were ratified in 1919 and 1920 . It was about the ban on trade in alcoholic beverages and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage .

Web links

• James A. Gallivan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James A. Gallivan in the database of Find a Grave (English)