Jeremiah O'Brien (Maine)
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Jeremiah O'Brien was a United States Representative from Maine
. He was born in Machias, Washington County
, He attended the common schools.
He then engaged in lumber manufacturing and in shipping. He was elected as member of the Maine State Senate from 1821 to 1824. He was elected as an Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, and reelected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth, and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1823-March 3, 1829). He served as chairman for the Committee on Expenditures for the United States Department of the Navy
(Nineteenth Congress).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress. He member of the Maine State House of Representatives from 1832 to 1834. He resumed his former lumber manufacturing and shipping business, and died in Boston, Massachusetts May 30, 1858. His interment is in O’Brien Cemetery in Machias.
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
. He was born in Machias, Washington County
Washington County, Maine
Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. In 2010, its population was 32,856. Its county seat is Machias.Sometimes referred to as "Sunrise County" because it is the easternmost county in the United States, and it is often where the rising sun first shines on the 48...
, He attended the common schools.
He then engaged in lumber manufacturing and in shipping. He was elected as member of the Maine State Senate from 1821 to 1824. He was elected as an Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, and reelected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth, and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1823-March 3, 1829). He served as chairman for the Committee on Expenditures for the United States Department of the Navy
United States Department of the Navy
The Department of the Navy of the United States of America was established by an Act of Congress on 30 April 1798, to provide a government organizational structure to the United States Navy and, from 1834 onwards, for the United States Marine Corps, and when directed by the President, of the...
(Nineteenth Congress).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress. He member of the Maine State House of Representatives from 1832 to 1834. He resumed his former lumber manufacturing and shipping business, and died in Boston, Massachusetts May 30, 1858. His interment is in O’Brien Cemetery in Machias.