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John E. Sheridan (politician)

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John Edward Sheridan (September 15, 1902 – November 12, 1987) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Early life and education

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Sheridan was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, the son of Irish immigrants.[1] He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, in 1925 and from the law department of Temple University School of Law in Philadelphia in 1931.

Career

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Sheridan served as deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania from 1934 to 1937. He was a member of the Board of Revision of Taxes in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, in 1937 and the Pennsylvania counsel for the Delaware River Bridge Commission in 1938 and 1939. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1932, 1936, 1940, and 1944.

Sheridan was elected as a Democrat to the 76th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J. Burrwood Daly and was re-elected to the Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, and Seventy-ninth Congresses. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1946. After his time in Congress, he served in the United States Air Force from 1954 to 1962, retiring as a colonel. He was a member of the County Board of Law Examiners from 1954 to 1965, and consul general for the Principality de Monaco in Philadelphia.

Sheridan is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

References

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  • United States Congress. "John E. Sheridan (id: S000342)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-10
  1. ^ "United States Census, 1910", FamilySearch, retrieved March 25, 2018
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district

November 7, 1939 – January 3, 1947
Succeeded by