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Preceded by
  
Lawrence H. Smith

Died
  
May 14, 1990

Political party
  
Democratic

Party
  
Democratic Party


Name
  
Gerald Flynn

Succeeded by
  
Henry C. Schadeberg

Role
  
U.S. representative

Resigned
  
January 3, 1961

Gerald T. Flynn

Gerald Thomas Flynn (October 7, 1910 – May 14, 1990) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.

Born on a farm in Racine County, Wisconsin near Racine, Wisconsin, Flynn attended a rural grade school and Racine (Wisconsin) High School. He graduated from Marquette University Law School in 1933. He was admitted to the bar in 1933 and commenced the practice of law in Racine, Wisconsin. He served as delegate to Democratic National Conventions in 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1960. He served as member of the Wisconsin State Senate from 1950 to 1954.

Flynn was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth Congress (January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961). He represented Wisconsin's 1st congressional district. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress and for election in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress. He resumed the practice of law. He was a resident of Racine, Wisconsin, until his death there on May 14, 1990.

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