Richard Olney II | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's14th district | |
| In office March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Gilmore |
| Succeeded by | Louis A. Frothingham |
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| Born | (1871-01-05)January 5, 1871 |
| Died | January 15, 1939(1939-01-15) (aged 68) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Brown University |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Richard Olney (January 5, 1871Milton,Strafford County, New Hampshire – January 15, 1939Boston, Massachusetts) was a member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromMassachusetts.
He attended the public schools,Leicester Academy and graduated fromBrown University in 1892. He became a wool merchant. Olney was elected a member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives in 1902. He was chairman of the Board of Selectmen ofLeicester.
He was an unsuccessful candidate forlieutenant governor in 1903, was member of the Massachusetts Minimum Wage Commission, and was a delegate to theDemocratic National Convention in 1912. Olney was elected as aDemocrat to the64th,65th and66th United States Congresses, serving from March 4, 1915, to March 3, 1921.
He was appointed a member of theWorld War Foreign Debt Commission in 1923 and reappointed by PresidentCalvin Coolidge in 1925. He served as chairman of the MassachusettsParole Board, and was chairman of the Massachusetts Commission of the Necessaries of Life from 1938 until his death. He was buried at the Cherry Valley Cemetery in Leicester.
Olney was a nephew of U.S. Secretary of State and Attorney GeneralRichard Olney and of New York County D. A.Peter B. Olney.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 14th congressional district 1915 - 1921 | Succeeded by |
