Ambrose O'Connell

Ambrose O'Connell

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Prior offices

U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

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Personal

Birthplace

Ottumwa, Iowa

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Ambrose O'Connell (1881-1962) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. O'Connell died on October 12, 1962.

Federal judicial service

O'Connell was nominated to the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was commissioned on June 10, 1944. He assumed senior status on April 5, 1962, and served in that capacity until his death on October 12, 1962.

Education

• University of Notre Dame, Ph.B., 1907
• Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1910

Professional career

• Attorney, Guarantee Trust Corporation, New York City, 1928-1932
• Assistant treasurer and office manager, Democratic National Committee, 1932-1933
• Special assistant to Postmaster General James Farley, 1933-1934
• Executive assistant to Postmaster General James Farley, 1934-1939
• Second assistant postmaster general, 1939-1940
• First assistant postmaster general, 1940-1943
• Executive vice-chairman, Democratic National Committee, 1943-1944