Patrick Joseph Sullivan

Patrick Joseph Sullivan (March 17, 1865 – April 8, 1935) was the mayor of Casper, Wyoming from 1897 to 1898 and was a Republican member of the United States Senate from Wyoming from 1929 to 1930.

Sullivan was born on a farm at Kilcrohane west of Bantry, County Cork, Ireland. He emigrated to America in 1888, landed in New York, and moved to the Territory of Wyoming where he raised sheep in Rawlins. He moved to Casper in 1892, and became interested in banking, the production of oil, and various other enterprises. He was a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1894–1896 and 1898–1900, and served as the mayor of Casper from 1897-1899. He was appointed on December 5, 1929 as a Republican to the Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Francis E. Warren. He served from December 5, 1929, to November 20, 1930, when Robert D. Carey succeeded him. He was not a candidate for the election to fill the vacancy.

Sullivan died in Santa Barbara, California in 1935 and was interred in Highland Cemetery in Casper.

Sources

• Patrick Joseph Sullivan at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

• Patrick Joseph Sullivan at Find a Grave

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