Joseph H. O'Neil

For those of a similar name, see Joseph O'Neill (disambiguation).

Joseph Henry O'Neil (March 23, 1853 – February 19, 1935) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Joseph Henry O'Neil
O'Neil, circa 1917
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts
In office March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895
Preceded by	Patrick A. Collins
Succeeded by	John F. Fitzgerald
Constituency	4th district (1889–93) 9th district (1893–95)
Boston City Clerk
In office 1887–1888
Preceded by	Eugene Henry Sampson
Succeeded by	Edwin Upton Curtis
Chairman of the Boston Board of Directors for Public Institutions
In office 1885–1886
Member of the Boston Board of Directors for Public Institutions
In office 1880–1886
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1884 1878-1882
Member of the Boston School Committee
In office 1874–1877
Personal details
Born	(1853-03-23)March 23, 1853 Fall River, Massachusetts
Died	February 19, 1935(1935-02-19) (aged 81) Boston, Massachusetts
Political party	Democratic

O'Neil, circa 1880

O'Neil, circa 1893

Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, O'Neil moved with his parents to Boston in 1854. He attended the common schools. He graduated from Quincy Grammar School, Boston. Ten years at the carpenter's trade. He served as member of the Boston School Committee 1874-1877. He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1878-1882 and in 1884. He served as member of the Board of Directors for Public institutions from 1880 to 1886 and was chairman of the board the last eighteen months. He served as Boston city clerk in 1887 and 1888.

O'Neil was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1894. He served as assistant treasurer of the United States at Boston by appointment of President Cleveland in 1895–1899. Organized the Federal Trust Co., of Boston, in 1899 and served as its president until 1922, when it merged into the Federal National Bank, and then served as chairman of the board of directors until his death. He served as member of the board of sinking fund commissioners in 1899–1909. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1916. He died in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 19, 1935, and was interred in Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline, Massachusetts.

He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1925 Boston mayoral election.

See also

• 1878 Massachusetts legislature

References

• United States Congress. "Joseph H. O'Neil (id: O000092)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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