Chloe Ann O'Neil
Chloe Ann O'Neil (September 7, 1943 – November 15, 2018) was an American politician from New York.
Life
[edit]She was born Chloe Ann Tehon on September 7, 1943, in Watseka, Iroquois County, Illinois,[1] the daughter of Stephen W. Tehon[2] and Betty Irene "Mae" (Albright) Tehon.[3] In 1952, her family moved to Syracuse, New York where her father worked for General Electric. She graduated B.S. in 1967, and later M.S., both from SUNY Potsdam.[4] Then she taught school. In 1966, she married college professor John G. A. O'Neil, and they had two children. They lived in Parishville. Her husband was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1981 to 1992.
She also entered politics as a Republican, and was an aide to her husband during his Assembly tenure.[5] Her husband died on December 10, 1992, in a car accident, and O'Neil was nominated by the Republicans to run in the special election to fill the vacancy. She was elected on February 16, 1993,[6] and remained in the Assembly (112th D.) until 1998, sitting in the 190th, 191st and 192nd New York State Legislatures.
Chloe was killed in a two-car collision on November 15, 2018, in Dickinson, New York.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Chloe Ann O'Neil at Project Vote Smart
- ^ Stephen W. Tehon in the Syracuse Post–Standard on December 2, 2009; at Syracuse Obits
- ^ Betty Irene "Mae" Tehon in the Syracuse Post–Standard on February 21, 2010; at Syracuse Obits
- ^ "SUNY Canton Hall of Fame inductees 2012; Chloe Ann O'Neil Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine at SUNY Canton
- ^ Assembly Candidate Chloe Ann O'Neil in the Adirondack Mountain Sun on January 29, 1993
- ^ O'NEIL ELECTED TO SPOUSE'S SEAT in the Albany Times–Union on February 17, 1993; at HighBeam Research
- ^ Robinson, Larry (November 16, 2018). "Former Assemblywoman Chloe Ann O'Neil, 75, dies in Dickinson car crash". The Journal. Archived from the original on November 20, 2018.
- 1943 births
- Living people
- People from St. Lawrence County, New York
- Women state legislators in New York (state)
- Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
- State University of New York at Potsdam alumni
- People from Watseka, Illinois
- 21st-century American women
- 20th-century members of the New York State Legislature
- 20th-century American women politicians