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O'Conor (CHARLES an American lawyer)

CHARLES, an American lawyer; born in New York City, Jan. 22, 1804; was admitted to the bar in 1824, while still a minor. Among his most celebrated cases were the Forrest divorce case; the Slave Jack case; the Lispenard will case; the Lemon slave case, and the Mme. Jumel suit; became senior counsel for Jeferson Davis when the ex-Confederate President was indicted for treason, and was conspicuous in the suits against William M. Tweed in 1871. In 1869 he was elected president of the Law Institute of New York; in 1872 was nominated for President of the United States by one of the numerous Democratic conventions of that year, despite his protest, and was defeated; and in 1876 appeared before the Electoral Commission in support of the claims of Samuel J.

Tilden. He died in Nantucket, Mass., May 12, 1884.