Joseph H. O'Neil

Joseph Henry O'Neil ( born March 23, 1853 in Fall River, Massachusetts, † February 19, 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1889 and 1895 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Already in 1854 Joseph O'Neil came with his parents to Boston, where he later the public schools and the Quincy Grammar School visited. For ten years he worked as a carpenter. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Between 1874 and 1877 he was a member of the school committee of Boston; 1878-1882, and in 1884 he was a member of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts. Since 1880 he was a member of the board of the public institutions of Boston. During his last 18 months in this body he served as Chairman. In the years 1887 and 1888, he served as City Clerk for the City of Boston.

In the congressional elections of 1888 O'Neil was in the fourth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Patrick Collins on March 4, 1889. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1895 three legislative periods. Since 1893, he represented the ninth district where his state. In 1894, he was not nominated by his party for re-election.

Between 1895 and 1899 O'Neil worked as assistant treasurer for the Federal Financial Authority in Boston. In 1899, he founded the bank, the Federal Trust Co. of Boston, which he was president until 1922. This year it was the Federal National Bank, whose CEO was O'Neil. A post he held until his death. In 1916 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, was nominated to the president Woodrow Wilson for re-election. Joseph O'Neil died on February 19, 1935 in Boston.