George Francis O'Shaunessy (May 1, 1868November 28, 1934) was an American politician. He was born in 1868 in

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, Ireland and immigrated to New York in 1872. After attending

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, he was admitted to the bar of

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in 1889. He served as

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of New York in 1904 and 1905 and as assistant

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in 1906. He moved to

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in 1907 and was elected as a

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to Congress representing

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in 1910. He remained a Representative until 1919, having declined to run in 1918 in order to seek (unsuccessfully) election as a U.S. Senator. O'Shaunessy then was appointed by President

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collector of internal revenue for the district of Rhode Island. He served in that position until Wilson left office in 1921, when he returned to the practice of law. He died in Providence in 1934. He was buried in St. Francis Cemetery in

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19th-century Irish people 20th-century Irish people People from Galway (city) People from County Galway Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923) 1868 births 1934 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Rhode Island Columbia Law School alumni {{RhodeIsland-politician-stub