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Dec 21, 1898 Boston, Massachusetts, United States Died on 27 Apr 1965 (aged 66)
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About Thomas A. Flaherty
- Thomas Aloysius Flaherty (December 21, 1898 – April 27, 1965) was a member of the US House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
- Flaherty was born in Boston, Massachusetts, December 21, 1898.
- He attended the public schools, Boston College High School and Northeastern University Law School. He served as a private in the United States Army in 1918.
- Latter he took a job with the United States Veterans' Administration at Boston.
- He was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1934.
- He then was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John P.
- Higgins; reelected to the Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses and served from December 14, 1937, to January 3, 1943; was not a candidate for renomination in 1942; served as transit commissioner of the city of Boston 1943-1945; chairman of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities 1946-1953, serving as commissioner 1953-1955; chairman, Board of Review, Assessing Department, city of Boston, 1956–1960; real estate broker and appraiser; was a resident of Charlestown, Massachusetts, where he died April 27, 1965; interment in Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, Massachusetts.
