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James Ambrose Gallivan (October 22, 1866 – April 3, 1928) was a
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from
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Biography

Gallivan was born in
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on October 22, 1866. He attended the public schools, graduated from the
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in 1884 and from
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in 1888. He then engaged in newspaper work. Gallivan was a member of the
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in 1895 and 1896, and served in the Massachusetts State Senate from 1897 to 1898. 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
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. 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
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See also

* 119th Massachusetts General Court (1898) *
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gallivan, James A. 1866 births 1928 deaths Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Democratic Party Massachusetts state senators Politicians from Boston Harvard University alumni Boston Latin School alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts 19th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives