# James P. Sheehan

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{{Short description|American socialist politician (circa 1866–1936)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name         = James P. Sheehan
| image        = James P. Sheehan 1924.jpg
| image_size   = 
| caption      = Sheehan {{circa}} 1924
| office1      = Chairman of the<br />[Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors](/source/Milwaukee_County_Board_of_Supervisors)
| term_start1  = 1910
| term_end1    = 1912
| predecessor1 = 
| successor1   = 
| office2      = Member of the<br />[Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors](/source/Milwaukee_County_Board_of_Supervisors)
| term_start2  = 1914
| term_end2    = 1936
| predecessor2 = 
| successor2   = 
| term_start3  = 1908
| term_end3    = 1912
| predecessor3 = 
| successor3   = 
| term_start4  = 1904
| term_end4    = 1906
| predecessor4 = 
| successor4   = 
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1866|03|12}}
| birth_place  = [Lockport, New York](/source/Lockport%2C_New_York), U.S.
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1936|11|26|1866|03|12}}
| death_place  = [Milwaukee, Wisconsin](/source/Milwaukee%2C_Wisconsin), U.S.
| party        = [Socialist](/source/Socialist_Party_of_America)
| occupation   = Cigar maker
| spouse       = {{marriage|Lena|1888|1934|end=died}}
| children     = 3
}}
'''James Patrick Sheehan'''<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- not stated --> |date= |title=Sheehan, James Patrick 1866 - 1936 |url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS12905 |website=wisconsinhistory.org |location=Madison |publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society |access-date=9 February 2025}}</ref> (March 12, 1866 &ndash; November 26, 1936)<ref name=veteran>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=27 November 1936|title=Sheehan, Veteran Labor Leader Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/596186480/?match=1&terms=%22James%20P.%20Sheehan%22 |work=[Kenosha News](/source/Kenosha_News) |location=Kenosha |access-date=4 February 2025}}</ref> was an American cigar maker, labor leader and politician who served several terms on the [Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors](/source/Milwaukee_County_Board_of_Supervisors) and was its chairman from 1910 to 1912.<ref>{{cite book |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=1916 |title=Voters' League Seventh Biennial Final Report |url=https://archive.org/details/votersleaguebien1916vote/page/12/mode/1up |location=Milwaukee |publisher=Voters' League |page=12 |isbn= |access-date=4 February 2025}}</ref> He was the [Socialist](/source/Socialist_Party_of_America) candidate for [Congress](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) in [Wisconsin's 5th district](/source/Wisconsin's_5th_congressional_district) in [1930](/source/1930_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections) and for [Senate](/source/United_States_Senate) in [1934](/source/1934_United_States_Senate_election_in_Wisconsin).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=26334 |title=Sheehan, James P. |last= |first= |date=2019 |website=ourcampaigns.com |publisher= |access-date=4 February 2025 |quote=}}</ref>

Outside of electoral politics, Sheehan was general organizer for the Milwaukee Federated Trades Council, a vice president of the [Cigar Makers' International Union](/source/Cigar_Makers'_International_Union),<ref name=veteran/> and a member of the executive board of the [Wisconsin State Federation of Labor](/source/Wisconsin_State_Federation_of_Labor).<ref>{{cite book |title=Proceedings of the Twenty-sixth Annual Convention of the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor |date=1918 |publisher=Wisconsin State Federation of Labor |location=Racine |page=2 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112042996972&seq=8 |access-date=3 May 2025}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=26334 Our Campaigns - Sheehan, James P.]

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Category:1866 births
Category:1936 deaths
Category:20th-century Wisconsin politicians
Category:Socialist Party of America politicians from Wisconsin
Category:Politicians from Milwaukee
Category:County supervisors in Wisconsin

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