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  O'Brien, Thomas J.
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NameThomas J. O'Brien
Address4858 West Washington Blvd
Chicago, Illinois , United States
EmailNone
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Born April 30, 1878
Died April 14, 1964 (85 years)
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Info born in Chicago, Ill., April 30, 1878; attended the grade and high schools and took advance courses in business law and accounting; engaged as a public accountant in 1918; member of the State house of representatives 1907-1910 and 1929-1932; served as State bank examiner 1913-1924; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1939); did not seek renomination in 1938, having become a candidate for sheriff of Cook County, Ill.; sheriff of Cook County, Ill., 1939-1942; elected to the Seventy-eighth and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1943, until his death in Bethesda, Md., April 14, 1964; interment in the Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, Ill.


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  04/14/1964 IL District 6-D Primary Won 86.04% (+72.09%)
  11/06/1962 IL District 6 Won 77.72% (+55.44%)
  11/08/1960 IL District 6 Won 71.73% (+43.46%)
  04/12/1960 IL District 6-D Primary Won 89.09% (+78.17%)
  11/04/1958 IL District 6 Won 73.11% (+46.22%)
  11/06/1956 IL District 6 Won 62.01% (+24.03%)
  11/02/1954 IL District 6 Won 71.71% (+43.42%)
  11/04/1952 IL District 6 Won 63.11% (+26.22%)
  11/07/1950 IL District 6 Won 64.49% (+29.11%)
  11/02/1948 IL District 6 Won 68.35% (+39.74%)
  11/05/1946 IL District 6 Won 51.98% (+3.96%)
  11/07/1944 IL District 6 Won 59.87% (+20.14%)
  11/03/1942 IL District 6 Won 57.40% (+14.81%)
  11/03/1936 IL District 6 Won 65.52% (+31.04%)
  04/14/1936 IL District 6-D Primary Won 76.67% (+64.60%)
  11/06/1934 IL District 6 Won 65.74% (+31.48%)
  04/10/1934 IL District 6-D Primary Won 82.35% (+71.84%)
  11/08/1932 IL District 6 Won 63.19% (+26.38%)
  04/12/1932 IL District 6-D Primary Won 55.74% (+24.94%)
  11/04/1930 IL State House 021 Won 32.99% (+0.00%)
  11/06/1928 IL State House 021 Won 27.01% (-17.62%)
  11/03/1908 IL State House 021 Won 36.90% (+8.36%)
  11/06/1906 IL State House 021 Won 17.44% (-5.13%)
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