Michael P. O'Connor

Michael Patrick O'Connor (born September 29, 1831 in Beaufort , South Carolina , †  April 26, 1881 in Charleston , South Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1879 and 1881 he represented the state of South Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Michael O'Connor attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1850 St. John's College in Fordham, New York State . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1854, he began to practice in Charleston in his new profession. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

Between 1858 and 1866, O'Connor was a member of the House of Representatives from South Carolina . He also served as a lieutenant in an artillery unit in the Confederate Army during the Civil War . In 1872 and 1876 he was a delegate at the respective Democratic National Conventions . In 1874 and 1876 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress .

In 1878 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of South Carolina , where he succeeded Richard H. Cain on March 4, 1879 . By March 3, 1881, he completed a regular legislative period. In the elections of 1880 he was confirmed. The election result was challenged by Edmund William McGregor Mackey . The decision on this challenge was not made until May 1882. Michael O'Connor did not live to see it: He died on April 26, 1881. In the meantime, Samuel Dibble was elected as his successor in a by- election. After the decision in favor of Mackey Dibble had to cede the mandate in May 1882 to this.

Web links

• Michael P. O'Connor in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Michael P. O'Connor in the database of Find a Grave (English)