Thomas Seery | |
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Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly | |
In office January 7, 1985 –January 4, 1993 | |
Preceded by | Dismas Becker |
Succeeded by | David Cullen |
Constituency | 13th district |
In office January 3,1983 –January 3,1983 | |
Preceded by | Joseph Czarnezki |
Succeeded by | Dismas Becker |
Constituency | 7th district |
Personal details | |
Born | Milwaukee,Wisconsin | February 19,1945
Political party | Democratic |
Thomas Seery (born February 19,1945) is a lawyer and former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Seery was born on February 19,1945,in Milwaukee,Wisconsin. [1] He graduated from Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary,and in 1971 earned a Bachelor of Divinity degree from St. Francis Seminary. [2] He worked as field director for the Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin and as a Senior Citizen Advocate for the Family Service Association. [3]
Seery was first elected to the Assembly in 1982 from the 7th Assembly district,which included the northwest corner of Milwaukee,which is also the northwest corner of Milwaukee County. He won a plurality in a four-way Democratic primary (the incumbent,fellow Democrat Michael G. Kirby,was [unsuccessfully] seeking nomination to the State Senate),and won the general election with 9,518 votes to 3,860 for Republican William R. Kerner.
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