Edward Richard O'Malley (March 13, 1863 – May 30, 1935) was an American lawyer and politician who was

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and a justice of the

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Life

He was born on March 13, 1863, in

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, the son of Michael O'Malley and Bridget (Whalen) O'Malley. He worked on the family farm and attended the union school in Medina. Then he taught school and worked in a stone quarry to pay for tuition at

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. He graduated as

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in 1891, and was one of the founding members of the

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fraternity there. He went to Buffalo, and became a clerk in the firm of

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, Cunneen & Coatsworth. In 1892, he was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Buffalo. He also entered politics as a

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. O'Malley was a member of the

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(Erie Co., 2nd D.) in

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and

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. He was

from 1909 to 1910, elected at the

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but defeated for re-election at the

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. For the

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, he lost the Republican primary for Attorney General to Egburt E. Woodbury. In 1914, he was appointed as Referee to inquire into the "Egg Trust" in New York City. He was a justice of the

from 1925 to 1933. He died on May 30, 1935, in

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;''E. R. O'MALLEY DIES, RETIRED JURIST, 72''
in ''The New York Times'' on May 31, 1935 (subscription required) and was buried at the Pine Hill Cemetery there.

Sources

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