Edward Leo O'Neill (July 10, 1903 – December 12, 1948) was an American businessman and Democratic Party

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who represented

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's 11th congressional district for one term from 1937-1939.

Early life and education

O'Neill was born in

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on July 10, 1903, where he attended the local parochial schools. He served in the

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from 1919 to 1923, after which he became engaged in the real estate business in Newark.

Congress

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress, and was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth Congress, serving in office for a single term from January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939. O'Neill was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress.

Later life

After his departure from Congress, he served as a lieutenant in the

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in 1939 and 1940, and served as a captain in the

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in 1942 and 1943. He was commissioner of the Essex County Board of Taxation 1940-1945. He was a realtor and mortgage broker in Newark until his death on December 12, 1948. He was interred in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Oneill, Edward L. 1903 births 1948 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey Burials at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (East Orange, New Jersey) 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives