Thomas J. Herlihy, Jr. (November 29, 1956 – May 8, 2015) was an American politician and businessman. Herlihy, a
Republican, was a resident of
Simsbury, Connecticut
Simsbury is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 24,517 at the 2020 census. The town was incorporated as Connecticut's 21st town in May 1670.
History
Early history
At the beginning of the 17th century, the ...
. He was sworn in as a member of
Simsbury's Board of Selectmen on December 7, 2009. Herlihy was the
State Senator
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Description
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for the 8th Senatorial District from 1999 to 2009, representing the northwest suburbs of
Hartford in the Farmington Valley and
Litchfield County
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in the Connecticut Senate, including the towns of
Avon,
Barkhamsted,
Canton
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Arts and ent ...
,
Colebrook,
Granby,
Hartland,
Harwinton,
New Hartford,
Norfolk, Simsbury, and
Torrington.
Biography
Herlihy was born in
Queens, New York and received a
B.S. in Education from the
University of Hartford. He taught in the Simsbury School District and then worked in the insurance business. In 1983, he started his insurance business in Simsbury: the T. J. Herlihy Insurance. From 1987 to 1990, Herlihy was on
Simsbury's Board of Selectmen. In 1991, he was elected to the Board of Finance and served as chairman in 1996. In 1997, he became the
State Representative
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for the 16th Assembly District, a position he held until his election to the Senate. While at the General Assembly, Senator Herlihy was honored by the Connecticut State Firefighters Association for spearheading efforts to provide thermal imaging equipment for fire departments throughout Connecticut. After retiring from the Senate after five terms, Herlihy was once again re-elected to the Board of Selectmen on November 3, 2009. Herlihy died on May 8, 2015.
Thomas Herlihy-obituary
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References
External links
*http://www.4simsburysfuture.com/fullslate.html#TomHerlihy
*http://www.4simsburysfuture.com/tomherlihy.html
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1956 births
2015 deaths
People from Simsbury, Connecticut
Politicians from Queens, New York
University of Hartford alumni
Businesspeople from Connecticut
Educators from Connecticut
Republican Party members of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Republican Party Connecticut state senators
Educators from New York City
20th-century American businesspeople