John A. Keliher

John Austin Keliher
John A. Keliher circa 1908[1]
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 9th district
In office
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911
Preceded byJoseph A. Conry
Succeeded byWilliam Francis Murray
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
Member of the Massachusetts Senate[1]
In office
1899–1900
Sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts[2]
In office
May 3, 1917 – September 21, 1938
Preceded byJohn Quinn
Succeeded byJohn F. Dowd
Delegate to the 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention[3]
In office
June 6, 1917[3] – August 13, 1919[4]
Personal details
Born(1866-11-06)November 6, 1866
Boston, Massachusetts
DiedSeptember 21, 1938(1938-09-21) (aged 71)
Boston, Massachusetts
Political partyDemocratic
OccupationReal estate

John Austin Keliher (November 6, 1866 – September 21, 1938) was a U.S. Democratic politician.

He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts and served from March 4, 1903, to March 3, 1911.[5] Congressman Keliher was the uncle of Brigadier-General John J. Keliher and Rear Admiral Thomas Joseph Keliher.

  1. ^ a b c Who's who in State Politics, 1908, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1908, p. 14
  2. ^ "John A. Keliher; Sheriff in Boston Since 1917 Dies While Losing Renomination", The New York Times (Special to The New York Times), New York, NY, p. 22, September 22, 1938
  3. ^ a b Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1919, p. 8
  4. ^ Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA: Wright & Potter printing co., state printers, 1919, pp. 865, 971
  5. ^ "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. 9 November 1903. p. 50. Retrieved 2 July 2023.