James A. Gallivan

James Ambrose Gallivan was a United States representative from Massachusetts.

Biography

Gallivan was born in Boston on October 22, 1866. He attended the public schools, graduated from the Boston [Latin School] in 1884 and from Harvard College in 1888. He then engaged in newspaper work.
Gallivan was a member of the Massachusetts [House of Representatives] in 1895 and 1896, and served in the Massachusetts State Senate from 1897 to 1898. Gallivan served as street commissioner of Boston, and was elected as a Democrat to the 63rd [United States Congress|Sixty-third] Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Michael Curley. Andrew Peters later defeated Gallivan and two other candidates in the December 1917 election for Mayor of Boston.
Gallivan was reelected to the Sixty-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from April 7, 1914, until his death in Arlington on April 3, 1928. His interment was in St. Joseph Cemetery in West Roxbury.