MICHAEL FRANCIS PHELAN

Phelan, Michael Francis (1875-1941), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Lynn, Essex County, Mass., October 22, 1875; attended the public schools; was graduated from Lynn Classical High School, from the academic department of Harvard University in 1897, and from the law department of the same university in 1900; was admitted to the bar in 1900 and commenced practice in Lynn; member of the State house of representatives in 1905 and 1906; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1921); chairman, Committee on Banking and Currency (Sixty-fifth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress; practiced law in Lynn and Boston, Mass., and Washington, D.C.; member of the Merrimac Valley Sewage Commission in 1937; appointed a member of the Massachusetts Labor Relations Board in 1937 and served until his death in Boston, Mass., October 12, 1941; interment in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Lynn, Mass.
Parents:
James Phelan b. abt 1833 in Ireland
Rebecca Phelan b. abt 1845 in Ireland
Spouse: Mary V Phelan b. abt 1877 in Maine
Children:
Louis A Phelan b. abt 1905 in Mass.
Prudence M Phelan b. abt 1911 in Mass.
Nicholas C Phelan b. abt 1913 in Mass.

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell