Edward L. O'Neill

Edward Leo O'Neill (July 10, 1903, Newark, New Jersey - December 12, 1948) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 11th congressional district from 1937-1939.

O'Neill was born in Newark, New Jersey on July 10, 1903, where he attended the local parochial schools. He served in the United States Navy from 1919-1923, after which he became engaged in the real estate business in Newark.

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.

After his departure from Congress, he served as a lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve in 1939 and 1940, and served as a captain in the United States Army Quartermaster Corps 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 East Orange, New Jersey.

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