Background
SULLIVAN, Patrick J. was born on March 17, 1865 in nr. Bantry, Company Cork, Ireland.
SULLIVAN, Patrick J. was born on March 17, 1865 in nr. Bantry, Company Cork, Ireland.
National. School, Ireland.
He emigrated to America in 1888, landed in New York, and moved to the Territory of Wyoming where he raised sheep in Rawlins. He moved to Casper in 1892, and became interested in banking, the production of oil, and various other enterprises. He served as the mayor of Casper from 1897 until 1899.
In 1912 and 1916 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Wyoming.
On December 5, 1929 he was appointed as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Francis East. Warren. He served in the United States Senate from December 5, 1929, to November 20, 1930, when Robert Doctorate. Carey succeeded him.
He was not a candidate for the election to fill the vacancy. Sullivan died on April 8, 1935 in Santa Barbara, California.
He is interred in Highland Cemetery in Casper, Wyoming.
He was the mayor of Casper, Wyoming from 1897 to 1898 and was a Republican member of the United States Senate from Wyoming from 1929 to 1930. He was a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1894 until 1896, and from 1898 until 1900. He was a member of the Republican National Committee from Wyoming in 1924.
Spouse Nano Mahoney, July 7, 1893.
