John F. O'Brien (NY secretary of state)

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John F. O'Brien (b. ca. 1857 Fort Edward, Washington County, New York) was an American businessman and politician.

[edit] Life

He was graduated from the Fort Edward Collegiate Institute, and taught school for a year. Then he entered business, and in 1888 he succeeded his brother Edward in the wholesale commission flour business at Plattsburg. In 1897, he formed with his partner George C. Kellogg the O'Brien & Kellogg Dock and Coal Company, and acquired control of the docks and waterfront at Plattsburg, conducting the largest wholesale business of flour, coal, feed and grain in Northern New York.

He was a member from Clinton County of the New York State Assembly in 1901 and 1902. He was Secretary of State of New York from 1903 to 1906. He was an alternate delegate to the 1920 Republican National Convention, and a delegate to the 1924 Republican National Convention.

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[1] Presentation of the candidadtes for state office, in NYT on September 25, 1902
[2] Political Graveyard (with doubled entry)

Preceded by John T. McDonough	Secretary of State of New York 1903 - 1906	Succeeded by John S. Whalen

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