Biography

06/24/1862 - 09/15/1926

FLANNERY, John T., a Representative from Luzerne County; born, June 24, 1862 in Pittston, Luzerne County, Pa.; attended, Wyoming Commercial College; private, Company C, 9th Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard (1881-1883); major, Company H, 9th Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard (1883-1899, Spanish-American War); elected, council, Pittston (1885-1890); elected, chair, Democratic Committee of Pittston (1888-1891); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1890 and 1892; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1894); elected, delegate, Democratic State Convention (1891); elected, city clerk, Pittston (1896-1909); engaged, insurance business; died, September 15, 1926 in Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; interred, Saint John the Evangelist Cemetery, Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.