Michael J. O'Connor (December 15, 1928 – October 24, 2018) was an American politician in the state of

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota people, Dakota Sioux ...

. He was a member of the

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and

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. He was President Pro Tempore of the Senate from 1975 to 1976. O'Connor was an alumnus of Augustana College and was a printing executive and owner of O'Connor Printers. O'Connor was a farmer. He served in the

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. O'Connor also served on the Minnehaha County Commission. O'Connor died at the Sioux Falls VA Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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