JOHN ANDREW SULLIVAN

Sullivan, John Andrew (1868-1927), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., May 10, 1868; attended the common and high schools; was graduated from the Boston University Law School in 1896; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Boston, Mass.; member of the State senate 1900-1902; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1907); declined to be a candidate for renomination; resumed the practice of law in Boston, Mass.; appointed a member of the Boston Finance Commission in July 1907 and served until the commission expired; in June 1909 became chairman of the permanent finance commission; resigned in 1914 to become corporation counsel of Boston; lecturer on municipal government in Harvard University in 1912 and 1913; lecturer at Boston University Law School 1920-1925; resumed the practice of his profession in Boston; died in Scituate, Plymouth County, Mass., May 31, 1927; interment in Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, Mass.
Father's name: Dennis F. O.
Father's birthplace: Ireland
Mother's name: Katie
Mother's birthplace: Ireland
Spouse: Mary E [Sullivan] b. abt 1877 Massachusetts
Marriage: abt 1898
Children:
Louise Sullivan abt 1900 Massachusetts
Katherine Sullivan abt 1901 Massachusetts
Eleanor Sullivan abt 1903 Massachusetts
Paul Sullivan abt 1905 Massachusetts
Ruth Sullivan abt 1906 District of Columbia
Grace Sullivan abt 1908 Massachusetts
Donald Sullivan abt 1911 Massachusetts
Constance Sullivan abt 1915 Massachusetts
John A Sullivan abt 1917 Massachusetts

Sources:
U.S. Federal Census
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell