John Matthew O'Connell

U.S. Congressperson

1872 – 1941

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Who was John Matthew O'Connell?

John Matthew O'Connell was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.

Born in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, O'Connell attended the public schools. He taught in the local schools 1892-1902. He was graduated from the Philadelphia Dental College in 1905 and commenced practice in Westerly, Rhode Island, the same year. During World War I he served for sixteen months with Headquarters Sanitary Train, Twelfth Division, and later as a major in the United States Dental Reserve. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1929-1932.

O'Connell was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1938. He died in Westerly, Rhode Island, December 6, 1941. He was interred in St. Sebastian Cemetery.

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Born
Aug 10, 1872
Westerly
Nationality
  • United States of America
Died
Dec 6, 1941
Westerly

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on July 23, 2013

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