- John Matthew O'Connell
John Matthew OConnell (
August 10 ,1872 -December 6 ,1941 ) was a U.S. Representative fromRhode Island .Born in
Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, OConnell attended the public schools.He taught in the local schools 1892-1902.He was graduated from the Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Dental College (now a branch ofTemple University ) in 1905 and commenced practice inWesterly, Rhode Island , the same year. During the First World War served for sixteen months with Headquarters Sanitary Train, Twelfth Division, and later as major in the United States Dental Reserve.He served as member of the State house of representatives 1929-1932.OConnell was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses (
March 4 ,1933 -January 3 ,1939 ).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1938.He died inWesterly, Rhode Island ,December 6 ,1941 .He was interred in St. Sebastian Cemetery.ource
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