Charles O'Connor Hennessy | |
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_circa_1916.jpg) Hennessey circa 1916 | |
| Member of theNew Jersey Senate fromBergen County | |
| In office 1914–1917 | |
| Preceded by | James A. C. Johnson |
| Succeeded by | William B. Mackay Jr. |
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| Born | (1860-11-09)November 9, 1860 |
| Died | November 19, 1936(1936-11-19) (aged 76) |
Charles O'Connor Hennessy (September 11, 1860 – 1936) was an AmericanDemocratic Party politician who served as a member of both theNew Jersey General Assembly and theNew Jersey Senate.[1][2] In 1916 he ran unsuccessfully forGovernor of New Jersey.[3][4] He played a major role in the growth ofHaworth, New Jersey, where he founded theHaworth Country Club.[5] He was chairman of theFranklin Society for Building and Savings.[1][2] He was a dedicated advocate ofGeorgism.
He was born on September 11, 1860, inWaterford, Ireland and had a brotherJohn Aloysius Hennessy. He migrated from Ireland toBrooklyn,New York and then toBergen County, New Jersey, where he lived inHaworth.[4] In 1916 he ran unsuccessfully forGovernor of New Jersey.[3]
He served a single two-year term in theNew Jersey General Assembly before being elected to theNew Jersey Senate. Having introduced the legislation, Hennessy helped see passage of proposals to stage a convention to amend theConstitution of New Jersey, and approval of bills to approve anincome tax in the United States and the direct election of members of theUnited States Senate.[5]
He died on October 19, 1936, at age 76 inHaworth, New Jersey.[1]
Charles O'Connor Hennessy (1860–1936) President of the Franklin Society for Home-building and Savings ... Between 1911 and 1917, as a state assemblyman and then a state senator in Trenton ...
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