Gallivan was born in
Boston on October 22, 1866. He attended the public schools, graduated from the
Boston Latin School in 1884 and from
Harvard College in 1888. He then engaged in newspaper work. Gallivan was a member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1895 and 1896, Gallivan served as street commissioner of Boston, and was elected as a
Democrat to the
Sixty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
James Michael Curley. Andrew Peters later defeated Gallivan and two other candidates in the
December 1917 election for
Mayor of Boston. Gallivan was reelected to the
Sixty-fourth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from April 7, 1914, until his death in
Arlington on April 3, 1928. His interment was in St. Joseph Cemetery in
West Roxbury. ==See also==