John J. Finnegan
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John J. FinneganJohn J. Finnegan (born July 21, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts  is a former American politician who served as Massachusetts State Auditor
Massachusetts Auditor
The Massachusetts State Auditor is a statewide elected office in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The current auditor is Suzanne Bump.-List of state auditors of Massachusetts:-External links:*...

 from 1981-1987.

A member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. Representatives serve two-year terms...

 since 1967, Finnegan was elected by the state legislature to fill the unexpired term of State Auditor Thaddeus M. Buczko
Thaddeus M. Buczko
Thaddeus M. Buczko is an American politician who served as a Salem, Massachusetts city councilor, a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as Massachusetts Auditor...

, who resigned to become Justice of the Essex County Probate and Family Court. He was elected in his own right in 1982. He did not run for re-election in 1986 and was succeeded by Joe DeNucci
A. Joseph DeNucci
A. Joseph "Joe" DeNucci is a former middle-weight boxer and former Auditor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.-Early Life and career:...

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