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Joseph Connor

Joseph Connor is a freelance history writer and retired prosecutor at the Morris County (NJ) Prosecutor's Office. He also worked as a copy editor at the Morris County Daily Record.

Mr. Connor earned a B.A. in History at Fairleigh Dickinson University and a J.D. at Rutgers Law School, and is a member of the U.S. Supreme Court bar.

Articles by this Author

A Chinatown cook's fight to re-enter the U.S. in 1895 went up to the Supreme Court, which upheld his claim to birthright citizenship and guaranteed it for all through the 14th Amendment. 
Michael Corcoran led New York’s Irish brigade to glory in the Civil War after being disciplined for refusing to parade in honor of Britain's Prince of Wales.