John F. O'Brien (b. ca. 1857 Fort Edward, Washington County, New York – April 1927) was an American businessman and politician.
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 Plattsburgh. 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, elected in 1902 and 1904, but defeated for re-election in 1906. He was an alternate delegate to the 1920 Republican National Convention, and a delegate to the 1924 Republican National Convention. Afterwards he resumed his business and was President of the Plattsburgh National Bank and Trust Company.
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| Preceded by John T. McDonough |
Secretary of State of New York 1903 - 1906 |
Succeeded by John S. Whalen |
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