Legislator Details
Image Description:
Joseph G. O'Connor portrait from Manual 1959 p.lx
Number of sessions served 7
Gender: Male
Age at election: 44
Vital Records Information:
Birth
Date: 5/21/1904
City: Indianapolis, IN
County: Marion County, IN
Country: US
Death
Date: 3/22/1967
City: Detroit, MI
County: Wayne County, MI
Country: US
Type of Burial:
Burial
Date:
City: Gladwin, MI
County: Gladwin County, MI
Country: US
Cemetery: Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
Marital Information:
married Inez M. Sloan of Onaway MI in 1926; children: 3, Glenyce (Dudzic), Maureen (Greenfelder) & Joseph;
married Velma E. Jones, dau. of Clyde T. Jones and Margaret (Grimes) in Detroit, 11/19/1949; children: 1, Roderic Newell.
Number of Children: 4
Background
Religion: Catholic
Military Service:
Occupation: salesman, commodity broker
Race: Caucasian or White
Education:
educated at St. Johns Academy in Indiana; Holy Rosary High School, Detroit; studied mining engineering at the University of California.
Biographical Sketch:
Irish ancestry. Son of Professor John Patrick and Catherine (Newell) O'Connor; was a gold assayer for the Yellow Jacket mining Co., Comstock Lode, Nevada; elected commissioner of Lincoln Park, 1934; served as senior supervisor of Works progress Admiinistration of Wayne County, 1937-1939; on Allied War Relief Board, 1940-1941; as national representative of the Congress of Industrial Relations at Washington, D.C., 1941-1948; employed as a manufacturer's agent and in the commodity brokerage business; member of Moose, Elks, Eagles, Maccabees, Holy Name Society, Knights of Columbus, Sports Guild, Gaelic Society, Father Vans Boys and Knights of Equity.
Notable Facts:
elected to the House of representatives in 1948 and to each succeeding session.
Sessions Served:
Committees Served On: Conservation, Educational Institutions, Public Utilities , Social Aid and Welfare, Tourist Industry Relations
City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
District Description: City of Detroit ward 16
Reason for Leaving Office: Unknown
End of Term Status: Departed
Notes: Elected to the House in 1948 and to each succeeding session
Committees Served On: Conservation, Educational Institutions, Public Utilities , Social Aid and Welfare
City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
District Description: City of Detroit Ward 16
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Committees Served On: Conservation, Educational Institutions, Public Utilities , Social Aid and Welfare
City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
District Description: City of Detroit Ward 16
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Committees Served On: Conservation, Educational Institutions, Public Utilities , Social Aid and Welfare
City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
District Description: City of Detroit Ward 16
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Committees Served On: Conservation, Educational Institutions, Public Utilities , Social Aid and Welfare
City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
District Description: Ward 21--all that portion lying easterly of a continuous line formed by the center lines of the following: beginning at the intersection of Kingsville and Kelly Aves and running along Kelly, Hayes, Harper, Chalmers, Mack, Conner, Jefferson to the Detroit Terminal RR thence along said RR right-of-way and on an extended line there-from to the Detroit River
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Committees Served On: Conservation, Horticulture , Public Utilities , Social Aid and Welfare
City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
District Description: Cities of Detroit, Grosse Pointe, Grosse Farms, Grosse Park, Grosse Woods and Harper Woods and Townships of Gratiot and Grosse Point and Grosse Point
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Committees Served On: Conservation, Horticulture , Public Utilities , State Capitol and Public Buildings
City of Residence: Detroit
County of Residence Wayne
District Description: Townships of Gratiot and Grosse Point, and the cities of Detroit and Grosse Pointe
Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected
Bibliography:
Manual 1949 p.663; Manual 1951 p.299; Manual 1953 p.264; Manual 1955 pp.205-06; Manual 1957 p.201; PolGryd; USCen 1930; 1967 HJ p.701, HR59; MIMarRec1867-1952; Find-a-Grave.com
