Joseph H. O'Neil

Joseph Henry O'Neil
O'Neil, circa 1917
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts
In office
March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895
Preceded byPatrick A. Collins
Succeeded byJohn F. Fitzgerald
Constituency4th district (1889–93)
9th district (1893–95)
Boston City Clerk
In office
1887–1888
Preceded byEugene Henry Sampson
Succeeded byEdwin Upton Curtis
Chairman of the Boston Board of Directors for Public Institutions
In office
1885–1886
Member of the Boston Board of Directors for Public Institutions
In office
1880–1886
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1884
1878-1882
Member of the Boston School Committee
In office
1874–1877
Personal details
Born(1853-03-23)March 23, 1853
Fall River, Massachusetts
DiedFebruary 19, 1935(1935-02-19) (aged 81)
Boston, Massachusetts
Political partyDemocratic
O'Neil, circa 1880
O'Neil, circa 1893

Joseph Henry O'Neil (March 23, 1853 – February 19, 1935) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, O'Neil moved with his parents to Boston in 1854. He attended the common schools. He graduated from Quincy Grammar School, Boston. Ten years at the carpenter's trade. He served as member of the Boston School Committee 1874-1877. He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1878-1882 and in 1884. He served as member of the Board of Directors for Public institutions from 1880 to 1886 and was chairman of the board the last eighteen months. He served as Boston city clerk in 1887 and 1888.

O'Neil was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1894. He served as assistant treasurer of the United States at Boston by appointment of President Cleveland in 1895–1899. Organized the Federal Trust Co., of Boston, in 1899 and served as its president until 1922, when it merged into the Federal National Bank, and then served as chairman of the board of directors until his death. He served as member of the board of sinking fund commissioners in 1899–1909. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1916. He died in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 19, 1935, and was interred in Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline, Massachusetts.

He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1925 Boston mayoral election.