James H. O'Brien

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James H. O'Brien

James Henry O'Brien (born July 15, 1860 in Jamaica , New York , † September 2, 1924 in Brooklyn , New York) was an American politician . Between 1913 and 1915 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Henry O'Brien was born and raised in Jamaica about a year before the civil war broke out. During this time he attended public schools and graduated from Browne's Business College in the then still separate city of Brooklyn. O'Brien worked as a mechanic and became an engineer. He led a scale ( scale A) and the overhead tram in New York City. He sat in the New York Senate in 1911 and 1912 . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party . He participated in the Democratic National Conventions in 1908, 1912 and 1916 .

In the 1912 congressional elections for the 63rd Congress , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Henry M. Goldfogle on March 4, 1913 . Since he on a run again in 1914 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1915 Congress of.

After his time at Congress, he resumed his previous business. He died in Brooklyn on September 2, 1924 and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery .

Web links

  • James H. O'Brien in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)