Chloe Ann O'Neil (September 7, 1943 - November 15, 2018) was an American politician from New York.

Life

She was born Chloe Ann Tehon on September 7, 1943, in Watseka, Iroquois County, Illinois,[1] the daughter of Stephen W. Tehon PhD (1920–2009)[2] and Betty Irene "Mae" (Albright) Tehon (1922–2010).[3] In 1952, the family moved to Syracuse, New York where Stephen W. Tehon 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 (1937–1992), 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 Chloe Ann 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 the town of Dickinson, NY.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Chloe Ann O'Neil at Project Vote Smart
  2. ↑ Stephen W. Tehon in the Syracuse Post–Standard on December 2, 2009; at Syracuse Obits
  3. ↑ Betty Irene "Mae" Tehon in the Syracuse Post–Standard on February 21, 2010; at Syracuse Obits
  4. ↑ "SUNY Canton Hall of Fame inductees 2012; Chloe Ann O'Neil Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine at SUNY Canton
  5. ↑ Assembly Candidate Chloe Ann O'Neil in the Adirondack Mountain Sun on January 29, 1993
  6. ↑ O'NEIL ELECTED TO SPOUSE'S SEAT in the Albany Times–Union on February 17, 1993; at HighBeam Research
  7. ↑ "The Journal | Former Assemblywoman Chloe Ann O'Neil, 75, dies in Dickinson car crash". www.ogd.com. Archived from the original on 2018-11-20.
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