John J. Finnerty (May 14, 1879 – November 25, 1958) was an American barber and politician. Born in

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

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, Finnerty was a barber. He served in the

Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It ...

from 1935 to 1937 and from 1939 to 1945. He was a

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. He then served as a deputy United States Marshal. Finnerty died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.'Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Legislative Directory-Session of 1935,' Herman P. Miller/M. K. Burgner-editors, Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives-1935, pg. 8

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Finnerty, John J. 1879 births 1958 deaths Politicians from Philadelphia Barbers Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives