Joseph C. O'Mahoney
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United States Senator from Wyoming |
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In office January 1, 1934 – January 3, 1953 |
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| Preceded by | John B. Kendrick |
| Succeeded by | Frank A. Barrett |
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In office November 29, 1954 – January 3, 1961 |
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| Preceded by | Edward D. Crippa |
| Succeeded by | John J. Hickey |
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Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney November 5, 1884 Chelsea, Massachusetts |
| Died | December 1, 1962 (aged 78) Bethesda, Maryland |
| Political party | Democratic |
Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney (November 5, 1884 – December 1, 1962) was an American journalist, lawyer, and politician. A Democrat, he served four complete terms as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming on two occasions, first from 1934-1953 and then again from 1954-1961.
One of eleven children, Joseph O'Mahoney was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, to Dennis and Elizabeth (née Sheehan) O' Mahoney. His parents were both Irish immigrants; his father, who came to the United States in 1861, worked as a furrier. He received his early education at the Cambridge Latin School. He attended Columbia University in New York City from 1905 until 1907, when he began a career in journalism. He was a reporter on the Cambridge Democrat before moving west to Boulder, Colorado, where he worked for the Herald (1908–1916). He married Agnes Veronica O'Leary in 1913.
In 1916, he moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, to become city editor of the State Leader, whose owner was Governor John B. Kendrick. Although he supported Theodore Roosevelt in the 1912 presidential election, O'Mahoney switched to the Democratic Party the same year he joined the State Leader. Governor Kendrick became a U.S. Senator in March 1917, and O'Mahoney accompanied him to Washington, D.C. as his executive secretary, a position he held for three years. While working in Washington, he studied at Georgetown University Law School and received his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1920.
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