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Robert Owens Tiernan (February 24, 1929 – October 15, 2014) was an American lawyer and politician from Rhode Island. He served in the
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and was a member of the
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.


Early life

Tiernan was born in
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, and attended
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. He earned his
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from
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in 1953 and his
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from
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Law School in 1956. He was
admitted to the bar An admission to practice law is acquired when a lawyer receives a license to practice law. In jurisdictions with two types of lawyer, as with barristers and solicitors, barristers must gain admission to the bar whereas for solicitors there are dist ...
in 1956 and began practicing law.


Political career

He began his political career as a Democratic member of the Rhode Island State Senate in 1960 and served until 1967. In 1967, he was elected to the Ninetieth Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
United States Representative The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Artic ...
John E. Fogarty. He was reelected to the Ninety-first, Ninety-second and Ninety-third Congresses, serving from March 28, 1967, to January 3, 1975. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974. From April 1975 to November 1981, he was a member of the
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. He served as chairman of the Commission in 1980, and after leaving the Commission he resumed the practice of law in Providence.


Family life

Tiernan and his wife Dorothy A. Tiernan have three sons: Michael M. Tiernan, Robert O. Tiernan Jr., and Christopher P. Tiernan. His wife Dorothy died in 2001. He was a resident of
South Kingstown, Rhode Island South Kingstown is a town in, and the county seat of, Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 31,931 at the 2020 census. South Kingstown is the second largest town in Rhode Island by total geographic area, behind Ne ...
, until his death on October 15, 2014, at the Philip Hulitar Inpatient Center in Providence, Rhode Island after a brief illness.


References


Further reading

*"Ralph Nader Congress Project. Citizens Look at Congress: Robert O. Tiernan, Democratic Representative from Rhode Island. Washington, D.C." by Grossman Publishers, 1972.


External links


Photo of Rhode Island Senator Robert Tiernan
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