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About Austin Meehan
- Austin Andrew Meehan, Sr., (August 29, 1897 – October 5, 1961) was a Republican politician in Philadelphia who served as county sheriff.
- Before entering politics, Meehan ran his family's paving business and was known as a local basketball star.
- Beginning as an insurgent within the city's Republican Party, he soon won the favor of party bosses and climbed the ranks of Philadelphia's Republican organization.
- Meehan served two terms as county sheriff from 1944 to 1952 and was recognized as the unofficial head of the Republican Party in Philadelphia in the 1950s.
- He remained an influential party member until his death in 1961.
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