James O'Donnell (politician)

James O'Donnell ( born March 25, 1840 in Norwalk, Connecticut, † March 17, 1915 in Jackson, Michigan ) was an American politician. Between 1885 and 1893 he represented the state of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1848, James O'Donnell moved with his parents to Michigan, where the family settled in Jackson. There he attended the public schools; then he served an apprenticeship in the printing trade. During the first two years of the Civil War he was a soldier in an infantry unit from Michigan. From 1863 to 1866 he was Town Clerk (Recorder ) of the town of Jackson. In 1865, O'Donnell founded the newspaper " Jackson Daily Citizen ," which he published himself. In 1876 and 1877 he was mayor of Jackson; In 1878 he served on the staff of Governor Charles Croswell.

Politically, O'Donnell member of the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1884 he was in the third electoral district of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Edward S. Lacey on March 4, 1885. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1893 four legislative sessions. From 1889 to 1891 he was Chairman of the Education Committee. In the elections of 1892 O'Donnell was not re-elected.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives O'Donnell returned to Jackson, where he published his newspaper again. He sat there for the cultivation of sugar beets and is recognized as the founder of this agricultural branch in his home state. James O'Donnell died on March 17, 1915 in Jackson.

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