Allen J. Flannigan was a member of the

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Biography

Flanngian was born on June 9, 1909, in

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. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and the

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. During

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, he served in the

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. 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

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, as a result of a fall on some ice at home.'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

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Flannigan, Allen People from Princeton, Indiana Military personnel from Wisconsin United States Army soldiers United States Army personnel of World War II University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni 1909 births 1965 deaths 20th-century American politicians Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly