Allen J. Flannigan
{{Short description|American politician}}
Allen J. Flannigan was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography
Flanngian was born on June 9, 1909, in Princeton, Indiana.{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/flanagin-fleishman.html#006.06.32|title=Allen J. Flannigan|publisher=Political Graveyard|accessdate=2011-12-17}} He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. During World War II, he served in the United States Army Signal Corps. He worked as a teletype operator, telegram office manager, and then a tool grinder. Flannigan was involved with the United Steelworkers labor union. On February 17, 1965, Flannigan died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as a result of a fall on some ice at home.{{cite web|url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2864&search_term=allen|title=Flannigan, Allen J. 1909|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|accessdate=2011-12-17}}'Wisconsin Blue Book 1966, Biographical Sketch of Albert J. Flannigan, pg. 51'Flannigan Dies of Head Injury,' Manitowoc Herald Times, February 17, 1965, pg. 1
Political career
Flannigan was first elected to the Assembly in 1956 and was re-elected in 1958, 1960, 1962, and 1964. He was a Democrat.
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Category:People from Princeton, Indiana
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Category:Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly