Member Biography

Charles O'Neill 

Member

Portrait: Brady-Handy Collection, Lib. Of Congress

 

Sessions Office Position District Party
1853       1 Whig

COUNTIES: Philadelphia  


Biography

03/21/1821 - 11/25/1893


Charles O'Neill (Whig1) Philadelphia City, Philadelphia County 1853

Early Life:

Charles O'Neill, born, March 21, 1821, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Dickinson College, 1840; admitted, bar, 1843; attorney-at-law, commenced practice, Philadelphia, 1843-1893; elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1850-1853; not a candidate for reelection, 1853 term; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1853; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1860; not a candidate for reelection, 1861 term; elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, 38th-41st Congresses, 1863-1871; unsuccessful campaign for reelection, Congress, 1870; elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, 44th-53rd Congresses, 1873-1893; died, November 25, 1893 while in office of Congress, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interment, West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1850-1853; not a candidate for reelection, 1853 term.

Elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1853. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1860; not a candidate for reelection, 1861 term.

Continued Government Service/National Politics: 

Elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, 38th-41st Congresses, 1863-1871; unsuccessful campaign for reelection, Congress, 1870.

Elected, Republican, United States House of Representatives, 44th-53rd Congresses, 1873-1893. 

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography: 

https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=8077

Cited:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12894/charles-o'neill

Congressional Biography

After 1 session(s) serving in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Charles O'Neill  went on to serve in congress