Jerry J. O'Connell

Jerry J. O'Connell (1936)

Jerry Joseph O'Connell (born June 14, 1909 in Butte , Montana , †  January 16, 1956 in Great Falls , Montana) was an American politician . Between 1937 and 1939 he represented the state of Montana in the US House of Representatives .

Early years and political advancement

Jerry O'Connell attended the schools of his home country and then until 1931 the Carroll College in Helena and until 1934 the Georgetown University in Washington, DC He also studied law. O'Connell became a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1931 and 1934 he was a member of the House of Representatives in Montana . From 1934 to 1936 he was a member of a committee of the state government of Montana, which dealt with the public services ( Public Service Commission ).

Congressman

In the 1936 congressional elections, Jerry O'Connell was elected to succeed Joseph P. Monaghan in the US House of Representatives. He exercised this mandate between January 3, 1937 and January 3, 1939. In 1938 he was not re-elected and had to cede his seat to Jacob Thorkelson . In 1940 another candidacy for Congress failed .

Another résumé

After his time in the federal capital Washington, O'Connell worked as a lawyer in Butte. In 1944 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated for the fourth and final time as the party's presidential candidate. He then moved to Seattle, Washington state . There he was on the board of the Democratic Party between 1944 and 1947. In 1950 he returned to Montana, where he worked as a lawyer in Great Falls until his death in January 1956.

Web links

• Jerry J. O'Connell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Jerry J. O'Connell in the database of Find a Grave (English)