TIERNEY, John F., a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Salem, Essex County,
Mass., September 18, 1951; graduated from Salem High School, Salem, Mass.;
B.A., Salem State College, Salem, Mass., 1973; J.D., Suffolk University,
Boston, Mass., 1976; member of the Salem, Mass., chamber of commerce,
1976-1996; President, Salem, Mass. chamber of commerce, 1995; trustee, Salem
State College, Salem, Mass., 1992-1997; elected as a Democrat to the One
Hundred Fifth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1997-January
3, 2015); unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Fourteenth
Congress in 2014.