Joseph Patrick O'Hara

Joseph P. O'Hara (1940)

Joseph Patrick O'Hara (born January 23, 1895 in Tipton , Cedar County , Iowa , †  March 4, 1975 in Bethesda , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1941 and 1959 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph O'Hara attended public schools in his home country including Spirit Lake High School . During the First World War he was also used as an officer in the US Army in Europe between 1917 and 1919 . He achieved the rank of captain. He then became a major in the reserve of an infantry unit . After studying law at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend ( Indiana ) and being admitted to the bar in 1921, he began to work in his new profession in Glencoe (Minnesota). In the following years he worked as a lawyer for various cities and school districts. Between 1934 and 1938 he served as the district attorney in McLeod County .

Politically, O'Hara was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1940 congressional election, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Minnesota , where he succeeded Elmer Ryan of the Democratic Party on January 3, 1941 . After eight re-elections, O'Hara was able to complete nine consecutive terms in Congress by January 3, 1959 . During this time the Second World War , the Korean War and the beginning of the Cold War took place . In 1951, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was passed, which re-regulated the terms of office of the President.

In 1958, Joseph O'Hara declined to run again. In the following years he worked as a lawyer in the federal capital Washington. He died on March 4, 1975 at Bethesda Naval Hospital and was buried in the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Silver Spring , Maryland.

Web links

• Joseph Patrick O'Hara in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph P. O'Hara in the database of Find a Grave (English)