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In 1904, O'Loughlin ran unsuccessfully for New York State Assembly. O'Loughlin, running on the Democratic ticket, was badly beaten. He would later say, "I think that the public made a rotten decision."
O'Loughlin worked for the Justice Department in the Boston District from the end of the 1918 season until his death less than four months later.
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