John Matthew O'Connell (August 10, 1872 – December 6, 1941) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Rhode Island.
Born in
Westerly,
Washington County,
Rhode Island, O'Connell attended the public schools.
He taught in the local schools 1892-1902.
He was graduated from the Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Dental College (now a branch of
Temple University) in 1905 and commenced practice in
Westerly, Rhode Island, the same year.
During
World War I he served for sixteen months with Headquarters Sanitary Train, Twelfth Division, and later as a major in the
United States Dental Reserve
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He served as member of the State house of representatives 1929-1932.
O'Connell was elected as a
Democrat
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to the
Seventy-third,
Seventy-fourth, and
Seventy-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1938.
He died in
Westerly, Rhode Island, December 6, 1941.
He was interred in St. Sebastian Cemetery.
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1872 births
1941 deaths
Temple University alumni
People from Westerly, Rhode Island
United States Army officers
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Rhode Island