Michael F. Conry

Michael F. Conry, 1916

Michael Francis Conry (born April 2, 1870 in Shenandoah , Pennsylvania , † March 2, 1917 in Washington, DC ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1909 and 1917 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Michael Francis Conry was born in Shenandoah, Schuylkill County , about five years after the civil war ended . He worked in coal mining until he was crippled. In the following time he attended public schools. He taught for several years. In 1896 he graduated from the law school of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor . After receiving his license to practice law, he began practicing in Scranton . In 1900 he ran unsuccessfully for the 57th Congress . Then he moved to New York City , where he continued to practice as a lawyer. He served as Assistant Corporation Counsel in New York City for two years . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the congressional elections of 1908 for the 61st Congress , Conry was elected to the US House of Representatives in the twelfth constituency of New York, where he succeeded William Bourke Cockran on March 4, 1909 . He was re-elected four times in a row, but died before he could take up his final term on March 2, 1917 in Washington DC His body was then interred in Calvary Cemetery in New York City.

Web links

• Michael F. Conry in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Michael F. Conry in the database of Find a Grave (English)