JOSEPH FRANCIS O'CONNELL

JOSEPH FRANCIS O'CONNELL

O’Connell, Joseph Francis (1872-1942), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 7, 1872; attended the Mather School of Boston and prepared for college at St. Mary’s Parochial School; was graduated from Boston College in 1893 and from the law department of Harvard University in 1896; was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1897 and commenced practice in Boston; elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1911); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1910; resumed the practice of law in Boston, Mass.; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1912 and 1920; member of the Massachusetts constitutional convention 1918-1920; appointed member of the National Conference on Uniform State Laws by Gov. David I. Walsh September 2, 1914; reappointed by each succeeding Governor until his death; member of the State commission to revise the charter of the city of Boston in 1923; professor of law and vice president of the board of trustees of Suffolk Law School, Boston, Mass.; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate in 1930 and for mayor of Boston in 1933; died in Boston, Mass., December 10, 1942; interment in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, West Roxbury, Mass.
Father's name: Dennis
Father's birthplace: Ireland
Mother's name: Elizabeth
Mother's birthplace: Ireland
Spouse: Marisita [O'Connell]
Born: October 23, 1880 Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania
Children:
Joseph F O'Connell Jr. b. abt 1913 Pennsylvania
John T L O'Connell b. abt 1915 Pennsylvania
Frederick P O'Connell b. abt 1916 Pennsylvania
Daniel F O'Connell b. abt 1917 Pennsylvania
Marisita A O'Connell b. abt 1918 Pennsylvania
Brendon A O'Connell b. abt 1919 Massachusetts
Kevin Oconnell b. abt 1920 Massachusetts
Meta Oconnell b. abt 1922 Massachusetts
Conoleth Oconnell b. abt 1925 Massachusetts
Lelia Oconnell b. abt 1926 Massachusetts
Diamond Oconnell b. abt 1927 Massachusetts

Sources:
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
U.S. Federal Census
The Political Graveyard

Submitted by Deborah Crowell