Home About Chat Users Issues Party Candidates Polling Firms Media News Polls Calendar Key Races United States President Senate House Governors International

New User Account
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource." 
Email: Password:

  O'Conor, Herbert R.
CANDIDATE DETAILS
AffiliationDemocratic  
 
NameHerbert R. O'Conor
Address302 Chancery Road
Guilford, Baltimore, Maryland , United States
EmailNone
WebsiteNone
Born November 07, 1896
DiedMarch 04, 1960 (63 years)
ContributorU Ole Polecat
Last ModifedMr. Matt
May 27, 2020 07:41pm
Tags
InfoHerbert Romulus O'Conor
Father: James P. A. O'Conor
Mother: Mary A. (Galvin) O'Conor
Education: Loyola College, B.A., 1917, L.L.D., 1924; University of Maryland Law School, LL.B., 1920
Religious Affiliation: Catholic
Mary Patricia, James P., Robert7
Military Service:
Yeoman 3rd Class, U.S. Naval Reserve Force, 1918
Promoted to Yeoman 2nd Class, 1918;
Inactive January 1919

Positions held:
Admitted to the bar, 1919

Reporter, Baltimore Sun and Baltimore Evening Sun, 1919-1920

Practiced law, Baltimore

Director, Fidelity-Baltimore National Bank and Trust Company

Director, Arundel Corporation

Member, Senior Advisory Council, McCormick Company

General Counsel, American Merchant Marine Institute

Assistant state's attorney, Baltimore, 1921-1922

People's counsel to Public Service Commission, 1923

State's attorney, Baltimore, 1923-1934

Attorney general, 1934-1938

President, National Association of Attorneys General, 1937

Governor of Maryland, 1939-1947 resigned January 3, 1947 to accept a seat in the U.S. Senate)

Chairman, National Governor's Conference, 1942
President and national chairman, Council of State governments, 1943

National chairman (ex-officio), Interstate Commission on Postwar Reconstruction and Development, 1943-1946

U.S. Senator, 1947-1953



JOB APPROVAL POLLS

BOOKS
Title Purchase Contributor

EVENTS
Start Date End Date Type Title Contributor

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor

DISCUSSION
Importance? 8.66670 Average

FAMILY
Son Herbert R. O'Conor, Jr. 0000-

INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  11/05/1946 MD US Senate Won 50.24% (+0.47%)
  06/24/1946 MD US Senate - D Primary Won 52.89% (+10.09%)
  07/21/1944 US Vice President - D Convention Lost 0.95% (-53.23%)
  11/03/1942 MD Governor Won 52.55% (+5.11%)
  09/08/1942 MD Governor - D Primary Won 82.08% (+72.07%)
  11/08/1938 MD Governor Won 54.62% (+11.74%)
  09/12/1938 MD Governor - D Primary Won 43.32% (+3.63%)
  11/06/1934 MD Attorney General Won 60.28% (+22.15%)
ENDORSEMENTS