JAMES AMBROSE GALLIVAN

Gallivan, James Ambrose (1866-1928), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 22, 1866; attended the public schools; was graduated from the Boston Latin School in 1884 and from Harvard University in 1888; engaged in newspaper work in 1888; member of the State house of representatives in 1895 and 1896; served in the State senate in 1897 and 1898; street commissioner of Boston 1900-1914; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James M. Curley; reelected to the Sixty-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from April 7, 1914, until his death in Arlington, Middlesex County, Mass., April 3, 1928; interment in St. Joseph’s Cemetery (West Roxbury), Boston, Mass.
Father's name: Richard
Father's birthplace: Ireland
Mother's name: Margaret
Mother's birthplace: Ireland
Spouse 1: Unknown
Children:
Kathryn J. Gallivan b. Oct 6, 1899 Boston, Massachusetts
Spouse 2: Annette Herlihy b. June 15, 1884

Sources:
New York Passenger Lists
U.S. Federal Census
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell