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  Flood, Daniel J.
CANDIDATE DETAILS
AffiliationDemocratic  
  1942-01-01  
 
NameDaniel J. Flood
Address460 North Pennsylvania Ave.
Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania 18702, United States
EmailNone
WebsiteNone
Born November 26, 1903
DiedMay 28, 1994 (90 years)
ContributorUser 490
Last ModifedLuzerne County Historian
May 03, 2022 08:43pm
Tags Censured - Catholic -
Infoborn in Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pa., November 26, 1903; attended the public schools of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and St. Augustine, Fla.; was graduated from Syracuse (N.Y.) University in 1924; attended Harvard Law School and was graduated from Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Pa., in 1929; was admitted to the bar in 1930 and commenced practice in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; attorney for the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in 1934 and 1935; deputy attorney general for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and counsel for the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board 1935-1939; director of the State Bureau of Public Assistance Disbursements and executive assistant to the State treasurer 1941-1944

US House (D-PA) 1945-1947, 1949-1953, 1955-1980; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946, 1952. Resigned from office on 1/31/1980

Was a resident of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., until his death there 5/28/1994.


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BOOKS
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Dapper Dan Flood: The Controversial Life of a Congressional Power Broker  Purchase PA Historian 
Daniel J. Flood: A Biography: The Congressional Career of an Economic Savior and Cold War Nationalist  Purchase PA Historian 

EVENTS
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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
May 31, 1994 06:05pm Video Funeral of Daniel J. Flood  Article Luzerne County Historian 

DISCUSSION
Importance? 7.00000 Average

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RACES
  11/07/1978 PA District 11 Won 57.54% (+15.08%)
  05/16/1978 PA District 11 - D Primary Won 74.17% (+48.36%)
  11/02/1976 PA District 11 Won 70.83% (+41.65%)
  11/05/1974 PA District 11 Won 74.54% (+49.08%)
  11/07/1972 PA District 11 Won 68.26% (+36.52%)
  04/25/1972 PA District 11 - D Primary Won 87.97% (+75.94%)
  11/03/1970 PA District 11 Won 96.63% (+93.26%)
  05/19/1970 PA District 11 - R Primary Won 93.25% (+86.51%)
  11/05/1968 PA District 11 Won 69.96% (+41.46%)
  11/08/1966 PA District 11 Won 67.24% (+34.47%)
  11/03/1964 PA District 11 Won 77.44% (+54.87%)
  11/06/1962 PA District 11 Won 66.50% (+33.00%)
  11/08/1960 PA District 11 Won 67.09% (+34.18%)
  11/04/1958 PA - District 11 Won 61.70% (+23.40%)
  11/06/1956 PA - District 11 Won 53.05% (+6.11%)
  11/02/1954 PA - District 11 Won 50.93% (+1.86%)
  11/04/1952 PA - District 11 Lost 49.82% (-0.37%)
  11/07/1950 PA - District 11 Won 54.37% (+8.74%)
  11/02/1948 PA - District 11 Won 51.82% (+3.65%)
  11/05/1946 PA - District 11 Lost 49.20% (-1.60%)
  11/07/1944 PA - District 11 Won 52.15% (+4.30%)
  11/03/1942 PA - District 12 Lost 45.54% (-8.93%)
  05/19/1942 PA - District 12 - Special Election Lost 49.76% (-0.48%)
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