Joseph Francis O’Connell (December 7, 1872 - December 10, 1942) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, O’Connell attended the Mather School of Boston and prepared for college at St. Mary's Parochial School. He was graduated from Boston College in 1893 and from the law department of Harvard University in 1896. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1897 and commenced practice in Boston. O’Connell was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1907-March 3, 1911). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1910. He resumed the practice of law in Boston, Massachusetts. He served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1912 and 1920. He served as member of the Massachusetts constitutional convention 1918-1920. He was appointed member of the National Conference on Uniform State Laws by Gov. David I. Walsh September 2, 1914. Reappointed by each succeeding Governor until his death. He served as member of the State commission to revise the charter of the city of Boston in 1923. Professor of law and vice president of the board of trustees of Suffolk Law School, Boston, Massachusetts. He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate in 1930 and for mayor of Boston in 1933. He died in Boston, Massachusetts, December 10, 1942. He was interred in St. Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Massachusetts.
