Allen J. Flannigan
Allen J. Flannigan was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography
[edit]Flanngian was born on June 9, 1909, in Princeton, Indiana.[1] He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. During World War II, he served in the United States Army Signal Corps. He worked as a teletype operator, telegram office manager, and then a tool grinder. Flannigan was involved with the United Steelworkers labor union. On February 17, 1965, Flannigan died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as a result of a fall on some ice at home.[2][3][4]
Political career
[edit]Flannigan was first elected to the Assembly in 1956 and was re-elected in 1958, 1960, 1962, and 1964. He was a Democrat.
References
[edit]- ^ "Allen J. Flannigan". Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ^ "Flannigan, Allen J. 1909". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1966, Biographical Sketch of Albert J. Flannigan, pg. 51
- ^ 'Flannigan Dies of Head Injury,' Manitowoc Herald Times, February 17, 1965, pg. 1
Categories:
- People from Princeton, Indiana
- Military personnel from Wisconsin
- United States Army soldiers
- United States Army personnel of World War II
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni
- University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
- 1909 births
- 1965 deaths
- 20th-century American legislators
- Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Accidental deaths in Wisconsin
- 20th-century Wisconsin politicians