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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsRichard OLNEY
(1871-1939)
OLNEY, Richard, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Milton, Stafford County,
N.H., January 5, 1871; attended the public schools and Leicester
Academy; was graduated from Brown University, Providence, R.I., in
1892; wool merchant; member of the State house of representatives
in 1902; chairman of selectmen of Leicester in 1902 and 1903;
unsuccessful candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1903; member of
the Massachusetts Minimum Wage Commission in 1911; delegate to the
Democratic National Convention at Baltimore in 1912; elected as a
Democrat to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth
Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1921); unsuccessful candidate
for reelection in 1920 to the Sixty-seventh Congress; appointed a
member of the World War Foreign Debt Commission in February 1923
and reappointed by President Coolidge in 1925; chairman of the
State parole board 1932-1937; chairman of the State Commission of
the Necessaries of Life from 1938 until his death at Boston, Mass.,
on January 15, 1939; interment in Cherry Valley Cemetery,
Leicester, Mass.
Bibliography
Eggert, Gerald G. “Richard Olney and the Income Tax
Cases.” Mississippi Valley Historical Review 48 (June
1961): 24-41; James, Henry. Richard Olney and his Public
Service. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1923.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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