Charles H. O'Neill was an Irish-American politician and a Democrat

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 who served as Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, from May 4, 1868 until April 10, 1869, when he resigned, and again from May 2, 1870 until May 3, 1874.

Biography

He was born in May of 1880 in Paterson, New Jersey

Paterson, New Jersey

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, working as a shoemaker, in the timber, coal and building material trades and serving as alderman

Alderman

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 before moving to Jersey City to set up business there. He was first elected as mayor in 1868, but resigned less than a year later. William Clarke

William Clarke (mayor)

William Clarke was the seventeenth Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey. He succeeded Charles H. O'Neill. Clarke served from April, 1869 to May 1, 1870. He was succeeded by Charles H. O'Neill.-External links:*...

 was appointed to fill his unexpired term. O'Neill was elected again in 1870 and re-elected in 1872. After his second term, he was succeeded by Democrat Henry Traphagen

Henry Traphagen

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.

O'Neill died of cirrhosis

Cirrhosis

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 of the liver

Liver

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in his home in Jersey City on November 8, 1897.