Thomas Seery Explained

Thomas Seery
Birth Place:Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Birth Date:19 February 1945
Office:Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Constituency:7th District (1983-1985)
13th District (1985-1993)
Termstart:January 3, 1983
Termend:January 4, 1993
Predecessor:Joseph Czarnezki
Successor:David Cullen

Thomas Seery (born February 19, 1945) is a lawyer and former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Background

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]

Career

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 Democrat 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Members of State Legislature. Wisconsin Blue Book. 2013-06-28.
  2. Web site: Seery, Thomas 1945. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2013-06-28.
  3. http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1983 Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V., eds. The state of Wisconsin 1983-1984 Blue Book; Madison: Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, distributed by Document Sales, 1983-1984; p. 31