Lawrence J. Flaherty
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Biography
Born in San Mateo, California, Flaherty moved with his parents to San Francisco in 1888. He attended public school and learned the trade of a cement mason. He was appointed a member of the San Francisco Board of Police Commissioners by mayor P. H. McCarthy,[1] serving from 1911 to 1915. He also served in the California State Senate from 1915 to 1923 and as president of the San Francisco Building Trades from 1921 to 1926. He was appointed United States surveyor of customs for the port of San Francisco on November 1, 1921, and served until March 3, 1925, when he resigned, having been elected to Congress.[2]
Congress
Flaherty was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress and served from March 4, 1925, until his death in New York City on June 13, 1926, aged 47.
He was interred in Holy Cross Cemetery, near San Mateo, California.[2]
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- 1878 births
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- 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives