Harry Patrick O'Neill (February 10, 1889 – June 24, 1953) was an American politician who served two terms as a Democratic United States Representative from Pennsylvania from 1949 to 1953.
Biography
Harry P. O'Neill was born in Dunmore, Pennsylvania to Irish immigrants.[1]
Early career
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.
Congress
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.
Death and burial
Had he been reelected, he may not have survived to fulfill his term. He died in Scranton, Pennsylvania on June 24, 1953. His body is interred in Cathedral Cemetery.
References
- United States Congress. "Harry P. O'Neill (id: O000095)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "United States Census, 1910", FamilySearch, retrieved March 26, 2018
