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O'Conor, Charles
O'CONOR, CHARLESCharles O'Conor achieved prominence as a New York attorney and as counsel for the prosecution in the trial of the notorious Tweed Ring. O'Conor was born January 22, 1804, in New York City. After his admission to the bar in 1824, O'Conor practiced law in New York for twenty years, specializing in corporation law. He attended the New York Constitutional Convention in 1846 and served as U.S. district attorney from 1853 to 1854. In 1871 O'Conor began a four-year term as special deputy attorney general for New York State. During his tenure he acted as counsel for the prosecution in the trial of William M. ("Boss") Tweed and his followers, who controlled a corrupt political machine in New York City. The trial resulted in the disbandment of the Tweed Ring. The year 1872 was a presidential election year and O'Conor was nominated for the presidency by a faction of the democratic party known as the Straight-Out Democrats. After his unsuccessful presidential campaign, O'Conor served, in 1877, as counsel during the investigation of the controversial Rutherford B. Hayes-Samuel Tilden election results. O'Conor died May 12, 1884, in Nantucket, Massachusetts. |
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"O'Conor, Charles." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "O'Conor, Charles." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437703150.html "O'Conor, Charles." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437703150.html |
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O'Conor, Charles
O'Conor, Charles (1710–91), antiquarian and Catholic activist. He inherited an estate at Belanagare, Co. Roscommon, but had later to buy off a Protestant brother who attempted to gain possession. A founder, with John Curry, of the Catholic Committee, he published pamphlets arguing against the penal laws as economically damaging and, given Catholic loyalty to the state, unjustified. His historical writings, notably Dissertations on the Ancient History of Ireland (1753), challenged the prevailing hostile stereotype by presenting pre‐Norman Gaelic Ireland as an advanced civilization and a fit object of study in the age of the Enlightenment.
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"O'Conor, Charles." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "O'Conor, Charles." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-OConorCharles.html "O'Conor, Charles." The Oxford Companion to Irish History. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O245-OConorCharles.html |
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