John Matthew O'Connell
John Matthew O'Connell was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.
Born in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, O'Connell attended the public schools.
He taught in the local schools 1892-1902.
He was graduated from the Philadelphia Dental College in 1905 and commenced practice in Westerly, Rhode Island, the same year.
During World War I he served for sixteen months with Headquarters Sanitary Train, Twelfth Division, and later as a major in the United States Dental Reserve.
He served as member of the State house of representatives 1929-1932.
O'Connell was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses.
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1938.
He died in Westerly, Rhode Island, December 6, 1941.
He was interred in St. Sebastian Cemetery.
