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Omar T. McMahon, attorney at law and veteran of the World war, was born in Manitowoc county, Wisconsin, October 18, 1888, his parents being Patrick J. and Margaret (Gray) McMahon. He pursued his education in the public schools until graduated from the Manitowoc high school with the class of 1906, after which he attended the Milwaukee Normal School until 1908. He later became a student in the University of Wisconsin and was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1913. He afterward attended the Marquette College of Law, in 1915-16, and was admitted to practice law in February, 1917. He is now practicing law in Milwaukee as a member of the law firm of McMahon, McMahon & Hayes, with a large and important clientele. Before entering upon the active work of his profession, however, he devoted some time to educational work, serving as principal of the state graded schools at Downsville, Wisconsin, and also of District No. 6 of the town of Wauwatosa from 1908 until 1911, while for two years he taught in the city evening schools of Milwaukee. Since qualifying for the bar, however, he has concentrated his efforts and energy upon his general practice and his devotion to the interests of his clients is proverbial. He was one of the incorporators of the Northwestern Casualty & Surety Company of Milwaukee.

Mr. McMahon has served in public office, filling the position of deputy clerk of the circuit court of Milwaukee county in 1916. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Wisconsin State Bar Association and the Milwaukee County Bar Association and he is well-known in the ranks of the City Club, to which he belongs, and as a representative of two Greek letter fraternities — the Sigma Alpha Epsilon and the Phi Delta Phi, the latter a law fraternity. During 1921 he served as secretary and treasurer of the Milwaukee Alumni Association of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and was elected vice president for the year 1922. He was the founder of the present reorganized Lions' Club of Milwaukee and is one of its vice presidents. This organization, which was reorganized in the summer of 1921, is a business and professional men's club. Mr. McMahon is also the secretary of the St. John's Cathedral Men's Club and is a member of the Michiwaukee Golf Club, whose headquarters are at the Grant Park County golf course.

Mr. McMahon was one of the "O. D." boys in the World war, serving as a sergeant of the U. S. A. Base Hospital, No. 22. He saw ten months' service overseas, being stationed at Beau Desert, near Bordeaux, France, remaining in the hospital work throughout the entire time. He was altogether in the service for twenty-three months, enlisting on the 23rd day of May, 1917, and remaining with the American Expeditionary Forces until April 24, 1919. He belongs to Eddie Lyon Post, No. 5, of the American Legion and is a member of the state executive committee of the Legion from the fifth district of Wisconsin. On returning to America, Mr. McMahon resumed the practice of law in Milwaukee, and is now well-known as a leading young lawyer of the city.