Edward O'Neill (Wisconsin politician)
Edward O'Neill | |
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Sixth District | |
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly | |
In office 1854–1855 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Killarney, Ireland | March 14, 1820
Died | March 28, 1890 Milwaukee, Wisconsin | (aged 70)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse |
Clarissa A. McLaughlin
(m. 1847; died 1890) |
Occupation | Businessman, politician |
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Edward O'Neill (March 14, 1820 – March 28, 1890) was an
Background
O'Neill was born March 14, 1820, in
In the legislature
He served two one-year terms (1854–1855) in the Assembly and was elected to the State Senate's
1860s and beyond
In 1860, he partnered with John Dahlman and Timothy Dore in opening a large
In 1863 he was elected mayor of Milwaukee. He was elected once more in 1867 and re-elected in 1868 and 1869. In his first and last races, he was unopposed.
In 1870, he was one of the businessmen who organized the Bank of Commerce, of which he became president; when the Bank of Commerce and the German Exchange Bank merged to form the Merchants' Exchange Bank, he remained its president until his death in 1890.
After the city appropriated a million dollars to build an extensive
Deaths
Clarissa O'Neill died January 23, 1890, and Edward followed her in death on March 28 of that year.[4] They left a large sum to the St. Rose Catholic girl's orphanage which O'Neill had helped found, and of which he had been a trustee; and the remainder of their wealth to their daughter, Marie (O'Neill) Keefe.[5]
References
- ^ "Edward O'Neill". Political Graveyard. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
- ^ Jerome A. Watrous. Memoirs of Milwaukee County, Volume 1. Madison, Wis.: Western Historical Society: 1909, pp. 149-150.
- ^ Jerome A. Watrous. Memoirs of Milwaukee County, Volume 1. Madison, Wis.: Western Historical Society: 1909, pp. 150, 300-301.
- ^ "Death of an Ex-Mayor of Milwaukee". Chicago Tribune. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. March 29, 1890. p. 5. Retrieved August 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. III. James T. White & Company. 1893. p. 149. Retrieved August 25, 2020 – via Google Books.