J. Harold Flannery

John Harold Flannery (April 19, 1898 – June 3, 1961) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1937 to 1942.

J. Harold Flannery
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 12th district
In office January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1942
Preceded by	Charles Murray Turpin
Succeeded by	Thomas B. Miller
Personal details
Born	April 19, 1898 Pittston, Pennsylvania
Died	June 3, 1961 (aged 63) Bethesda, Maryland
Political party	Democratic

Life and career

J. Harold Flannery was born in Pittston, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pennsylvania, in 1917 and from the Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1920.

During the First World War, Flannery served as a private in the United States Army and was honorably discharged in 1918.

He was the solicitor for Pittston City from 1926 to 1930, and served as assistant district attorney of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, from 1932 to 1936.

Congress and later career

Flannery was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, and Seventy-seventh Congresses. He served from January 3, 1937, until his resignation on January 3, 1942, to become judge of the common pleas court of Luzerne County. He was reelected in 1951 for a ten-year term and served until his death in Bethesda, Maryland.

He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1944 and in 1960.

References

• United States Congress. "J. Harold Flannery (id: F000192)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-10
• The Political Graveyard