James Ambrose Gallivan (October 22, 1866 – April 3, 1928) was a
United States representative
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from
Massachusetts
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.
Biography
Gallivan was born in
Boston
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on October 22, 1866. He attended the public schools, graduated from the
Boston Latin School
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in 1884 and from
Harvard College
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in 1888. He then engaged in newspaper work.
Gallivan was a member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
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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
Mayor of Boston
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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
West Roxbury
West Roxbury is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, bordered by Roslindale and Jamaica Plain to the northeast, the village of Chestnut Hill and the town of Brookline to the north, the city of Newton to the northwest, t ...
.
See also
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119th Massachusetts General Court (1898)
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References
Footnotes
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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