John Andrew Sullivan

John Andrew Sullivan ( born May 10, 1868 in Boston, Massachusetts, † May 31 1927 in Scituate, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1903 and 1907 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Sullivan attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent law degree from the Law School of Boston University and his 1896 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Boston in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Between 1900 and 1902 he was a member of the Massachusetts Senate. In the congressional elections of 1902, Sullivan was in the eleventh electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded Samuel L. Powers took on 4 March 1903 the moved to the twelfth district. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1907 two legislative sessions. In 1906 he gave up another candidacy.

In the years 1907 to 1909 Sullivan was chairman of the Boston Finance Commission. He then headed to 1914 their successor Commission (Permanent Finance Commission). Subsequently, he was legal adviser of the city of Boston. In the years 1912 and 1913 he held at Harvard University, lectures on local government. In the years 1920-1925 he held at Boston University Law School legal presentations. Otherwise, he practiced as a lawyer again. John Sullivan died on 31 May 1927 in Scituate.