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Thomas Joseph O'Brien (April 30, 1878 – April 14, 1964) of
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was a
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from
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, 1933–39, 1943–64, and as
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from 1938 through 1942. He was of the Democratic Party.Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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. O'Brien died in office of a stroke on April 14, 1964, and was buried at
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in Hillside, Illinois. The T.J. O'Brien Lock and Dam approximately 7 miles from Lake Michigan on the Calumet River in Chicago at the head of the
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is named after Congressman O'Brien.


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Politicians from Chicago 1878 births 1964 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois Sheriffs of Cook County, Illinois 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Illinois-politician-stub