Thomas C. O'Brien
Thomas O'Brien | |
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Joseph Pelletier | |
Succeeded by | William J. Foley |
Personal details | |
Born | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | June 19, 1887
Died | November 22, 1951 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 64)
Political party | Democratic (Before 1935) Union (1935–1936) |
Education | Harvard University (BA, LLB) |
Thomas Charles O'Brien (June 19, 1887 – November 22, 1951) was an American attorney and politician who served as District Attorney of Suffolk County, Massachusetts and was the United States vice-presidential nominee for the Union Party in the 1936 United States presidential election.
Early life
O'Brien was born on June 19, 1887, in
Political career
O'Brien was an unsuccessful candidate for the
In 1936, O'Brien left the Democratic Party to join the Union Party, a political party formed by supporters of Rev. Charles Coughlin's National Union for Social Justice.[2][7] He was the party's candidate for vice president of the United States and the United States Senate in Massachusetts.[7] The Union Party's ticket of U.S. Representative William Lemke and O'Brien received 2% of the vote in the presidential election.[8] In the Senate election, O'Brien received 10% and 1.6% of the vote in the Democratic and Republican primaries, respectively, and 7.4% of the vote in the general election on the Union ticket.[9]
A longtime labor lawyer, O'Brien served as regional counsel for the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen. He died on November 22, 1951, of a heart ailment.[7]
References
- ^ "Obrien, S to T". The Political Graveyard. The Political Graveyard. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Thomas C. O'Brien, Ex-District Attorney of Suffolk, Dies at 64". The Boston Daily Globe. November 23, 1951.
- ^ O'Brien, Thomas C.. The People's Candidate for Mayor: Thomas C. O'Brien ; Let the Boys Read it. United States: Buck Print. Company, 1925.
- ^ Annual Report of the Election Department. Boston [Election Dept.] 1925. p. 48.
- ^ "Dist. Atty. Foley Dead of Heart Attack at 65". The Boston Globe. December 2, 1952.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - MA US Senate - D Primary Race - Sep 16, 1930".
- ^ a b c "Thomas C. O'Brien, 64, Attorney in Boston". The New York Times. November 23, 1951.
- ^ Leip, David. "1936 Presidential Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved July 31, 2005.
- ^ Massachusetts Election Statistics 1936