John E. Sheridan (politician)

For the illustrator of the same name, see John E. Sheridan (illustrator).

John Edward Sheridan (September 15, 1902 – November 12, 1987) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Early life and education

Sheridan was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, the son of Irish immigrants. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, in 1925 and from the law department of Temple University School of Law in Philadelphia in 1931.

Career

Sheridan served as deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania from 1934 to 1937. He was a member of the Board of Revision of Taxes in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, in 1937 and the Pennsylvania counsel for the Delaware River Bridge Commission in 1938 and 1939. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1932, 1936, 1940, and 1944.

Sheridan was elected as a Democrat to the 76th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J. Burrwood Daly and was re-elected to the Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, and Seventy-ninth Congresses. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1946. After his time in Congress, he served in the United States Air Force from 1954 to 1962, retiring as a colonel. He was a member of the County Board of Law Examiners from 1954 to 1965, and consul general for the Principality de Monaco in Philadelphia.

Sheridan is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

References

• United States Congress. "John E. Sheridan (id: S000342)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-10