Edmund O'Connor
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Edmund O'Connor (November 1848 near Mallow, County Cork, Ireland – July 15, 1898, Binghamton, Broome County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was President pro tempore of the New York State Senate in 1895.
Life
He came with his parents to the United States when he was three years old, and they settled at Little Falls, New York. After the death of his father in 1862, he began to work at a railroad blacksmith shop, and studied at Little Falls Academy and Delhi Academy from where he graduated in 1868. Then he studied law in the office of Judge Rollin H. Smith in Little Falls, was admitted to the bar in 1870 in Oswego, New York. In 1873, he removed to Binghamton. From 1880 on, he was a trustee of the Binghamton State Asylum
He was a Republican member of the New York State Senate from 1890 to 1895, sitting in the 113th, 114th, 115th, 116th (all four 24th D.), 117th and 118th New York State Legislatures (both 25th D.); and was President pro tempore in 1895.
His brother William O'Connor was a port warden of the Port of New York.
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| New York State Senate | ||
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| Preceded by | New York State Senate 24th District 1890–1893 |
Succeeded by Charles W. Stapleton |
| Preceded by | New York State Senate 25th District 1894–1895 |
Succeeded by Charles Davis |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | President pro tempore of the New York State Senate 1895 |
Succeeded by Timothy E. Ellsworth |
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- 1848 births
- American people of Irish descent
- 1898 deaths
- New York Republicans
- People from Binghamton, New York
- New York State Senators
- Majority Leaders of the New York State Senate
- Politicians from County Cork
- Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)
- Censured or reprimanded members of the New York State Legislature
- 19th-century American politicians
