John Joseph Sheehan

Background

Sheehan, John Joseph was born on April 28, 1899 in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Daniel C. and Mary (Sullivan) Sheehan.

Education

Student, Georgetown University.

Career

Since practiced in, Manchester. With Sheehan, Phinney, Bass & Green Associates, and predecessor firms, 1946-1992. United States attorney District New Hampshire, 1949-1953.

Member New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1925-1928, New Hampshire Senate, 1931-1932. County attorney Hillsborough County, 1933-1937. Delegate New Hampshire Constitutional Convention, 1930, 38, 41, 48, 56-59, 64.

President pro tempore. Delegate Democratic National Convention, 1936, 40, 48, 60. Member special advisory committee on rules Democratic National Convention, 1956.

Achievements

• Bar: N.H. 1923.

Membership

Local chairman Selective Service System, 1940-1942. Chairman board trustees, honorary chairman, trustee, honorary trustee Carpenter Memorial City Library, Manchester. Trustee Shaker Village, Inc., 1969-1986, Society Center Trust Fund, 1987-1993.

Honorary fellow John F. Kennedy Library. Major United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations (Combat Intelligence officer in campaigns air offensive Europe, Normandy, Nothern France, Rhineland, Center Europe and Ardennes 'Battle of the Bulge'). Honorary fellow New Hampshire Bar Foundation.

Member American Bar Association, New Hampshire Bar Association (president 1966-1967, Distinguished Service award), Manchester Bar Association (president 1940-1941), American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Amvets, American Judicature Society, National Association of R.R. Trial Counsel, Northeast Defense Counsel Association, New Hampshire, Manchester history societies, National Trust for Historic Preservation, National History Society, Manchester Institute Arts and Sciences, Smithsonian National Associates Clubs: Manchester Country, Knights of Columbus.

Connections

Son of; married Ellinor Nielsen, January 8, 1943. Children: Karen Ann Lord, Susan Mary Pearsall, Mary Ellinor Sheehan.

Father:

Daniel C. Sheehan

Mother:

Mary (Sullivan) Sheehan

Spouse:

Ellinor Nielsen

child:

Susan Mary Pearsall Sheehan

child:

Mary Ellinor Sheehan

child:

Karen Ann Lord Sheehan