John Christopher O'Conor (1847-1933)
Lawyer & City Alderman, of 24 East 33rd Street, New York City
He graduated from Columbia Law School in 1870 and practiced as a lawyer in New York City for more than sixty years. He was a Republican member of the famous "Boodle Board" of Aldermen of the 1880s who with Hugh J. Grant disclosed sensational frauds in the Controller's office. He and Mr. Grant were the only Aldermen not charged with accepting franchise bribes. He was Secretary of the New York Association for the Protection of Game, trustee of the House of the Holy Comforter, and a member of the Society of Colonial Wars. His clubs included the Union League and New York Yacht. In 1881, he married Maria Jephson Post and they were the parents of one son.
