Michael Patrick O'Connor (September 29, 1831 – April 26, 1881) was a

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from

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Early life

Born in

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, O'Connor attended the public schools and was graduated from St. John's College,

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, in 1850. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1854 and commenced practice in Charleston, South Carolina. During the

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, he served in the

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military as a lieutenant in the Lafayette Light Artillery.

Political career

He served as member of the

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1858–1866. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1872 and 1876. He argued against secession in the state house of representatives. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1874 to the Forty-fourth and in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congresses, but was elected as a

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to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881). He received credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-seventh Congress, but died, pending a contest by Edmund W.M. Mackey (which subsequently resulted successfully for the contestant), in Charleston, South Carolina, April 26, 1881. He was interred in St. Lawrence Cemetery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oconnor, Michael Patrick 1831 births 1881 deaths Confederate States Army officers Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina 19th-century American politicians People of South Carolina in the American Civil War