Jerry J. O'Connell

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

Early years and political rise

Jerry O'Connell attended the schools of his home and then to 1931 the Carroll College in Helena, and until 1934, the Georgetown University in Washington. In addition, he was still studying law. O'Connell was a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1931 and 1934 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Montana. From 1934 to 1936 he was a member of a committee of the state government of Montana, who dealt with the public services ( Public Service Commission ).

Congressman

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

Further CV

After the end of 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, at the Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated for the fourth and final time as the presidential candidate of the party. Then he moved to Seattle in Washington State. He was 1944-1947 on the board of the Democratic Party. In 1950, he returned to Montana, where he worked as a lawyer in Great Falls until his death in January 1956.