John A. O'Neill (c. 1837 – June 17, 1892) was an American steel engraver and

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politician. He served as the 15th

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Biography

He served as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1872; served three terms on the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders in 1869, 1870, and 1873; and one term as the fifteenth

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, from 1880 to 1881. He was appointed by President

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as the superintendent of the Engraving Division of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 1885 and served there until his death in 1892.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Oneill, John A. 1892 deaths County commissioners in New Jersey Democratic Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly Mayors of Hoboken, New Jersey 19th-century New Jersey politicians 19th-century mayors of places in New Jersey Year of birth uncertain