{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = James Ambrose Gallivan | image = James A. Gallivan.png | state = [[Massachusetts]] | district = [[Massachusetts's 12th congressional district|12th]] | term = April 7, 1914 – April 3, 1928 | preceded = [[James Michael Curley]] | succeeded = [[John William McCormack]] | order2 = Member of the<br>[[Massachusetts State Senate]]<br>6th Suffolk District<ref name="Bridgman 1897 Page 118">{{Citation |last = Bridgman|first=Arthur Milnor| title = A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators, Volume VI |page =118 | publisher = A. M. Bridgman | location = Stoughton, MA | year = 1897}}</ref> | term_start2 = 1897 | term_end2 = 1898 | predecessor2 = William H. McMorrow<ref name="Bridgman 1896 Page 132">{{Citation |last = Bridgman|first=Arthur Milnor| title = A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators, Volume V |page =132 | publisher = A. M. Bridgman | location = Stoughton, MA | year = 1896}}</ref> | successor2 = John E. Baldwin<ref name="Bridgman 1900 Page 138">{{Citation |last = Bridgman|first=Arthur Milnor| title = A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators, Volume IX |page =138 | publisher = A. M. Bridgman | location = Stoughton, MA | year = 1900}}</ref> | order3 = Member of the<br>[[Massachusetts House of Representatives]]<br>13th Suffolk District<ref name="Bridgman 1895 Page 177">{{Citation |last = Bridgman|first=Arthur Milnor| title = A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators, Volume IV |page =177 | publisher = A. M. Bridgman | location = Brockton, MA | year = 1895}}</ref> | term_start3 = 1895 | term_end3 = 1896 | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | birth_date = October 22, 1866 | birth_place = South [[Boston, Massachusetts]], US<ref name="Howard 1921 Page 8"/> | death_date = April 3, 1928 (aged 61) | death_place = [[Arlington, Massachusetts]], US | resting_place = St. Joseph Cemetery in [[West Roxbury, Massachusetts]] | spouse = | alma_mater = [[Harvard University]], 1888 | profession = Journalist<ref name="Bridgman 1898 Page 119">{{Citation |last = Bridgman|first=Arthur Milnor| title = A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators, Volume VII |page =119 | publisher = A. M. Bridgman | location = Stoughton, MA | year = 1898}}</ref> | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<ref name="Howard 1921 Page 8"/> }}

'''James Ambrose Gallivan''' (October 22, 1866 – April 3, 1928) was a [[United States representative]] from [[Massachusetts]].

==Biography== Gallivan was born in [[Boston, Massachusetts|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,<ref name="Howard 1921 Page 8"/> and served in the [[Massachusetts State Senate]] from 1897 to 1898.<ref name="Howard 1921 Page 8">{{Citation| last=Howard | first=Richard T. | title = Public officials of Massachusetts 1921-1922 | page = Page 8 | publisher = The Boston Review | location = Boston, MA | year = 1921}}</ref> Gallivan served as street commissioner of Boston, and was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|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 [[Boston mayoral election, 1917|December 1917]] election for [[Mayor of Boston]].

Gallivan was reelected to the [[64th United States Congress|Sixty-fourth]] and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from April 7, 1914, until his death in [[Arlington, Massachusetts|Arlington]] on April 3, 1928. His interment was in St. Joseph Cemetery in [[West Roxbury, Massachusetts|West Roxbury]].

==See also== * [[List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1900–1949)]]

==References== {{CongBio|G000024}}

==Footnotes== {{reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{US House succession box | state=Massachusetts | district=12 | before= [[James Michael Curley]] | after= [[John W. McCormack]] | years=April 7, 1914 – April 3, 1928 }} {{s-off}} {{succession box | title=Member of the<br>[[Massachusetts State Senate]]<br> 6th Suffolk District| before=William H. McMorrow| after=John E. Baldwin| years=1897&ndash;1898}} {{succession box | title=Member of the<br>[[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] <br>13th Suffolk District| before=| after= | years=1895&ndash;1896}} {{s-end}}

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