Richard Olney (January 5, 1871 Milton,

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– January 15, 1939 Boston, Massachusetts) was a member of the

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Life

He attended the public schools,

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and graduated from

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in 1892. He became a wool merchant. Olney was elected a member of the

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in 1902. He was chairman of the Board of Selectmen of

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. He was an unsuccessful candidate for

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in 1903, was member of the Massachusetts Minimum Wage Commission, and was a delegate to the

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in 1912. Olney was elected as a Democrat to the 64th, 65th and

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es, serving from March 4, 1915, to March 3, 1921. He was appointed a member of the World War Foreign Debt Commission in 1923 and reappointed by President

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in 1925. He served as chairman of the Massachusetts Parole 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 General

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and of New York County D. A. Peter B. Olney.

References

* 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.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Olney II, Richard 1871 births 1939 deaths Brown University alumni Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives People from Leicester, Massachusetts People from Milton, New Hampshire Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts Politicians from Dedham, Massachusetts