Daniel J. Flood

A Representative from Pennsylvania. Born 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. Elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1947). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress. Resumed the practice of law. Elected to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1953). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress. Again resumed the practice of law. Elected to the Eighty-fourth and to the twelve succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1955, until his resignation January 31, 1980. Convicted on February 26, 1980, of conspiracy. Sentenced to probation. Was a resident of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. , until his death there on May 28, 1994. Interment in Saint Mary's Cemetery, Hanover, Luzerne County, Pa.