Leo W. O'Brien

Leo W. O'Brien (1965)

Leo William O'Brien (born September 21, 1900 in Buffalo , New York , †  May 4, 1982 in Albany , New York) was an American politician . Between 1952 and 1966 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1922, Leo O'Brien graduated from Niagara University . He then worked as a journalist and later as a radio and even later as a television commentator. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party . Between 1935 and 1952 he was a member of the Albany Port District Commission .

After the death of MP William T. Byrne , O'Brien was elected to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC , when he was due for the by-election for the 32nd seat of New York , where he took up his new mandate on April 1, 1952 . After seven re-elections in the 30th and 29th  electoral district of his state, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on December 30, 1966 . His time in the US House of Representatives saw the end of the Korean War and, domestically, the civil rights movement . In addition, the Vietnam War began at that time .

In 1966 O'Brien renounced another congressional candidacy. He resigned from his mandate on December 30 of this year, four days before the official end of the legislative period. After serving in the US House of Representatives, he served as chairman of the Albany County Planning Committee and the Adirondack Study Commission . He died on May 4, 1982 in Albany, where he was also buried.

Web links

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

predecessor	Office	successor
William T. Byrne	United States House Representative for New York (32nd electoral district) April 1, 1952 - January 3, 1953	Bernard W. Kearney
J. Ernest Wharton	United States House Representative for New York (30th constituency) January 3, 1953 - January 3, 1963	Carleton J. King
J. Ernest Wharton	United States House of Representatives for New York (29th constituency) January 3, 1963 - December 30, 1966	Daniel E. Button