J. Harold Flannery
Pittston Gazette (Pittston, PA), May 18, 1938
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 12th district
In office January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1942
Preceded by	Charles Murray Turpin
Succeeded by	Thomas B. Miller
Personal details
Born	(1898-04-19)April 19, 1898 Pittston, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	June 3, 1961(1961-06-03) (aged 63) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	Wyoming Seminary Dickinson Law School
Military service
Branch/service	United States Army
Battles/wars	World War I

John Harold Flannery (April 19, 1898 – June 3, 1961) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district from 1937 to 1942.

Early life and education

Flannery was born in Pittston, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pennsylvania, in 1917 and from the Penn State Dickinson Law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1920.

Career

During World War I, Flannery served as a private in the United States Army and was honorably discharged in 1918.

He was the solicitor for Pittston City from 1926 to 1930, and served as assistant district attorney of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, from 1932 to 1936.

Flannery was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, and Seventy-seventh Congresses. He served from January 3, 1937, until his resignation on January 3, 1942, to become judge of the common pleas court of Luzerne County. He was reelected in 1951 for a ten-year term and served until his death in Bethesda, Maryland.

He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1944 and in 1960.