James K. O'Connor explained
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| Office: | Mayor of Utica, New York |
| Term Start: | 1920 |
| Term End: | 1922 |
| State Assembly3: | New York |
| District3: | Oneida's 1st |
| Term Start3: | January 1, 1890 |
| Term End3: | December 31, 1890 |
| Occupation: | Lawyer |
| Party: | Democrat |
James Keegan O'Connor (1864–1922) was an Irish-American judge and Democrat politician from Utica, New York.
O'Connor graduated from Utica Free Academy and studied law at a local law office. He served in the New York State Assembly during the 113th New York State Legislature, but was not reelected. He was elected as a Utica city judge in 1899, and reelected in 1903.[1] He was a founder of the New York State Magistrates Association[2] and served as its president in 1912.[3] He was the Mayor of Utica, New York from 1920 to 1922.[4] He died in 1922.[5]
He had a reputation as a supporter of all immigrants in Utica, who at the time accounted for around a third of its population. The shooting of Italian mill workers by city police during a 1919 textile worker's strike likely played a role in the defeat of the incumbent mayor.[6] A staunch Irish nationalist, he publicly spoke in favor of armed revolution against English rule in Ireland, and in the years before World War I called for an alliance between Ireland and Germany against England.[7]
O'Connor was known as an orator and writer. His collected speeches and writings were published in 1913.[8]
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Notes and References
- Book: The Democratic Party of the State of New York: A History of the Origin, Growth, and Achievements of the Democratic Party of the State of New York, Including a History of Tammany Hall in Its Relation to State Politics. 2. James K. . McGuire. United States History Company. 1905. 355–357. 1043272000.
- Book: Thirteenth Annual Report of the New York State Probation Commission. Albany. J. B. Lyon Company. 1920. 409 . en.
- Web site: Past Presidents . 2023-01-21 . New York State Magistrates Association . en-US.
- Web site: Mayors of Utica . 2023-01-21 . City of Utica . en.
- Book: Journal of the Assembly of the State of New York at their One-Hundred and Forty-Fifth Session. 1922 . en. 401. 1 . Albany. J. B. Lyon Company.
- Bean . Philip A. . February 1994. The Irish, the Italians, and Machine Politics, a Case Study: Utica, New York (1870-1960) . Journal of Urban History . en . 20 . 2 . 205–239 . 10.1177/009614429402000203 . 145019677 . 0096-1442.
- Bean . Philip A. . 1993 . The Great War and Ethnic Nationalism in Utica, New York, 1914–1920 . New York History . 74 . 4 . 389–404 . 23181919 . 0146-437X.
- Book: O'Connor, James Keegan. James K. O'Connor, His Voice and Pen: Being a Collection of Addresses, Speeches, Newspaper Articles, Etc., Emanating from the Above Source. Margaret Mary. O'Connor. 1913. Davis' Union Printery. 1047453484.
