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William S. O'Brien (American politician)

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710: 31: 716: 506: 164: 1526: 95:. He worked as a laborer on farms, in brick yards, and on public works. He also taught school and worked as an editor. He graduated from the law school of the University of West Virginia at Morgantown in 1891. He was 537: 168: 530: 330: 1331: 546: 523: 1392: 410: 251: 1516: 17: 385: 350: 185: 1486: 420: 395: 1360: 390: 375: 1300: 445: 380: 365: 323: 1531: 1521: 1496: 1491: 1280: 1225: 1165: 1030: 860: 725: 555: 257: 1430: 1194: 1501: 316: 143: 1322: 1064: 96: 1511: 1179: 1448: 949: 430: 234: 1119: 1099: 339: 290: 216: 127: 1330: 212: 49: 515: 1506: 894: 1315: 669: 649: 639: 584: 80: 111: 104: 60: 1352: 884: 579: 123: 119: 122:(March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929). He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1928 to the 1019: 1014: 699: 614: 131: 100: 92: 1308: 180: 147: 88: 30: 789: 76: 1421: 1335: 1189: 1089: 834: 809: 629: 435: 300: 226: 1234: 934: 924: 914: 824: 794: 151: 84: 1481: 1476: 1054: 844: 734: 609: 450: 405: 72: 8: 1527:
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia
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starting in 1932. He served as West Virginia Secretary of State until his death in
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of West Virginia from 1913 to 1919. In 1926, he was elected as a Democrat to the
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and resumed the practice of law. He was elected to four successive terms as
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Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia
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in 1894 and 1895. He served as judge on the twelfth judicial
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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William Smith O'Brien (Congressman)

lawyer
Democratic
politician
West Virginia
United States representative
Audra
Philippi
Barbour County
Weston
West Virginia University
Morgantown
admitted to the bar
Buckhannon, West Virginia
Upshur County
West Virginia National Guard
circuit court
70th United States Congress
Seventy-first Congress
Secretary of State of West Virginia
Buckhannon, West Virginia
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
William Smith O'Brien, Papers
public domain material
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
"William S. O'Brien (id: O000018)"
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Democratic

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