Cornelius Francis Kiernan (August 15, 1917 – January 20, 1996) was an American politician and judge who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and a special justice in the Somerville and Lowell District Courts.

Like all of the Kiernan boys, Connie worked in the drug store taking the night shifts to give his father a chance for rest.

When Connie returned from Service he ran for School Committee and began a successful law practice in downtown Lowell.

[3] During the Speaker's election, Governor-elect Endicott Peabody took the unprecedented step of endorsing Michael Paul Feeney, a fellow liberal Democrat, over Thompson.

Kiernan was nominated a special justice in the Somerville District Court by Governor Francis W. Sargent, a Republican.