Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949

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Connell, William James

Connell, William James, a Representative from Nebraska; born in Cowansville, Province of Quebec, Canada, July 6, 1846; moved to Schroon Lake, N.Y., in 1857 and to Vermont in 1862; completed a preparatory course; moved to Omaha, Nebr., in 1867; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1869 and engaged in practice; district attorney of the third judicial district of Nebraska 1872-1876; city attorney of Omaha 1883-1887; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; reappointed city attorney of Omaha, Nebr., in 1892; resumed the practice of his profession; died in Atlantic City, N.J., August 16, 1924; interment in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebr.

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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Connell, William James," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1010 Original Sources, accessed March 29, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L9QHKVG8TNWIWWW.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "Connell, William James." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1010, Original Sources. 29 Mar. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L9QHKVG8TNWIWWW.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Connell, William James' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1010. Original Sources, retrieved 29 March 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L9QHKVG8TNWIWWW.