Michael Patrick Flanagan (born November 9, 1962) is an American politician from Illinois, and a Republican. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives. Flanagan, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, served in the United States Army from 1984 to 1988 (at Fort Sill, in Oklahoma, and at Fort Benning in Georgia), and 1991 to 1992 (during the Gulf War). He learned Greek at the Defense Language Institute. Flanagan is a graduate of Loyola University Chicago and Loyola University Chicago School of Law.