John Thomas Driscoll (October 26, 1925 - March 11, 2019) was a former American politician who served as a member of the

Massachusetts House of Representatives The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into single-member ...

from 1955 to 1960,

Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts The Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts (commonly called the "treasurer") is an executive officer, elected statewide every four years. The Treasurer oversees the Office of Abandoned Property, escheated accounts, the State Retirement ...

from 1961 to 1964, chairman of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority from 1964 to 1987, and Vice President for Administration at

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...

from 1987 to 1997. During his tenure as treasurer, he defeated three different candidates named John Kennedy. He defeated John B. Kennedy and John M. Kennedy in the 1960 Democratic primary and John Francis Kennedy and John M. Kennedy in the 1962 primary.

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1925 births Boston College alumni Boston College faculty 2019 deaths Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Politicians from Boston State treasurers of Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-MARepresentative-stub

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