John Matthew O'Connell (August 10, 1872 – December 6, 1941) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Rhode Island. Born in Westerly, Rhode Island, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, Washington County, Rhode Island, O'Connell attended the public schools. He taught in the local schools 1892-1902. He was graduated from the Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Dental College (now a branch of Temple University) in 1905 and commenced practice in Westerly, Rhode Island, the same year. During World War I he served for sixteen months with Headquarters Sanitary Train, Twelfth Division, and later as a major in the United States Dental Reserve. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1929-1932. O'Connell was elected as a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat to the 73rd United States Congress, Seventy-third, 74th United States Congress, Seventy-fourth, and 75th United States Congress, Seventy-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1938. He died in Westerly, Rhode Island, December 6, 1941. He was interred in St. Sebastian Cemetery.

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