| LC control no. | no2013119009 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | O'Brien, Leo W., 1900-1982 |
| Birth date | 19000921 |
| Death date | 19820504 |
| Place of birth | Buffalo (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Albany (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | International News Service Albany Port District Commission United States. Congress. House Albany County Planning Board |
| Profession or occupation | Journalists Legislators--United States Radio journalists Television journalists |
| Found in | James A. Farley and Leo W. O'Brien, in Chronoscope, 1952: title frame (Congressman O'Brien) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, October 24, 2013 (O'Brien, Leo William (1900-1982); a Representative from New York; born in Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y., September 21, 1900; graduated from the Niagara University, Niagara, N.Y.,1922; journalist; radio and television commentator; member of the Albany Port, N.Y., District Commission, 1935-1952; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative William T. Byrne; reelected to the seven succeeding Congresses and served until his resignation on December 30, 1966 (April 1, 1952-December 30, 1966); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninetieth Congress in 1966; chair, Albany County Planning Board and Adirondack Study Commission; died on May 4, 1982 in Albany, N.Y.) Wikipedia, October 24, 2013 (Leo W. O'Brien; Leo William O'Brien (September 21, 1900 - May 4, 1982) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York; as a member of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, O'Brien was a leading advocate for Alaska and Hawaii statehood; he also helped create the Fire Island National Seashore, and strongly advocated cleanup of the Hudson River and protecting it as a scenic waterway; O'Brien worked as a newspaper journalist for the International News Service, and Albany Knickerbocker Press and Times-Union; he later became a radio and television commentator) ET--no BFM needed |
| Associated language | eng |
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