Denis O'Brien (March 13, 1837 – May 18, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician.

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Denis O'Brien was born on a farm near

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on March 13, 1837. He was admitted to the bar in 1861, and commenced practice in Watertown. He was elected Mayor of Watertown in 1872. He was

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from 1884 to 1887, elected on the

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ticket in

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and 1885. In

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, he was elected a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, was re-elected in

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, and remained on the bench until the end of 1907 when he reached the constitutional age limit of 70 years. He died from

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at his home in Watertown on May 18, 1909. His son John F. O'Brien also was a judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

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