Thomas Aloysius Flaherty (December 21, 1898 – April 27, 1965) was a member of the US House of Representatives from Massachusetts. Flaherty was born in

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, December 21, 1898. He attended the public schools, Boston College High School and

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. He served as a private in the

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in 1918. Later he took a job with the United States Veterans' Administration in Boston before he was elected to the

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in 1934. In 1937, he was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John P. Higgins and was reelected to the next two succeeding Congresses, serving from December 14, 1937, to January 3, 1943. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1942. Later in his career, he served in positions within the city of Boston including as transit commissioner from 1943 to 1945 and chairman of the Board of Review within the Assessing Department in the city of Boston from 1956 to 1960. Flaherty was also chairman of the

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from 1946 to 1953 and served as the commissioner from 1953 to 1955. A real estate broker and appraiser, he was a resident of Charlestown, where he died on April 27, 1965. He was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in

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* 1898 births 1965 deaths Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts Politicians from Boston Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery (Malden, Massachusetts) Boston College High School alumni Catholics from Massachusetts 20th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Massachusetts-MARepresentative-stub

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