Harry P. O'Neill
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Harry Patrick O'Neill was a Democratic
United States Representative from Pennsylvania
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Harry P. O'Neill was born in Dunmore, Pennsylvania
. He left school at the age of ten and went to work as a slate
picker in the O.S. Johnson Colliery in Dunmore. He worked evenings as an apprentice barber
until the age of sixteen and at the age of eighteen purchased his employer’s business. He was also engaged as an insurance broker. He served in the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1929 to 1948.
O'Neill was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first
and Eighty-second
Congresses, but he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952
, when redistricting forced him into an election with fellow incumbent Congressman Joseph L. Carrigg
.
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
United States Representative from Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
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Harry P. O'Neill was born in Dunmore, Pennsylvania
Dunmore, Pennsylvania
Dunmore is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, adjoining Scranton. Dunmore was settled in 1835 and incorporated in 1862. Extensive anthracite coal, brick, stone, and silk interests had led to a rapid increase in the population to 8,315 in 1890, 12,583 in 1900, 17,615 in 1910, 20,250 in...
. He left school at the age of ten and went to work as a slate
Slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade regional metamorphism. The result is a foliated rock in which the foliation may not correspond to the original sedimentary layering...
picker in the O.S. Johnson Colliery in Dunmore. He worked evenings as an apprentice barber
Barber
A barber is someone whose occupation is to cut any type of hair, and to shave or trim the beards of men. The place of work of a barber is generally called a barbershop....
until the age of sixteen and at the age of eighteen purchased his employer’s business. He was also engaged as an insurance broker. He served in the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1929 to 1948.
O'Neill was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first
81st United States Congress
The Eighty-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives...
and Eighty-second
82nd United States Congress
The Eighty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1951 to January 3, 1953, during the last two years...
Congresses, but he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952
United States House election, 1952
The U.S. House election, 1952 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1952 which coincided with the election of President Dwight Eisenhower. Eisenhower's Republican Party gained 22 seats from the Democratic Party, gaining a majority of the House...
, when redistricting forced him into an election with fellow incumbent Congressman Joseph L. Carrigg
Joseph L. Carrigg
Joseph Leonard Carrigg was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
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