James Perry Conner

James Perry Conner (born January 27, 1851 in Delaware County , Indiana , †  March 19, 1924 in Denison , Iowa ) was an American politician . Between 1900 and 1909 he represented the state of Iowa in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Conner attended Upper Iowa University in Fayette . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Iowa in Iowa City and his admission as a lawyer in 1873, he began to practice in Denison in his new profession. Between 1880 and 1884 he was a district attorney in the 13th judicial district of the state of Iowa. He then worked as a judge in the same district until 1886. He was then a judge in the 16th judicial district.

Politically, Conner was a member of the Republican Party . In 1892 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis , where US President Benjamin Harrison was nominated for a further term. In the elections, however, this was defeated by Grover Cleveland . After the resignation of Congressman Jonathan P. Dolliver , who had been appointed US Senator , Conner was elected as his successor in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the due by-election in the tenth constituency of Iowa . After he was confirmed in his mandate in the following regular congressional elections, he could remain in Congress between December 4, 1900 and March 3, 1909 .

In the run-up to the 1908 election, James Conner lost his party's primary to Frank P. Woods . Then he worked again as a lawyer. He died in Denison on March 19, 1924.

Web links

• James Perry Conner in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James Perry Conner in the database of Find a Grave (English)