JOSEPH ALOYSIUS CONRY
Conry,
Joseph Aloysius (1868-1943), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Brookline, Norfolk, Mass., September 12,
1868; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Boston; president
of the Boston Common Council in 1896 and 1897; chairman of the board of aldermen in 1898; elected as a Democrat to
the Fifty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1903); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to the
Fifty-eighth Congress; resumed the practice of his profession in Boston, Mass.; recognized as consul of Russia in
September 1912 and served until 1919; decorated by Nicholas II, the Czar of Russia, and made a member of the Knights
of St. Anne; director of the port of Boston, Mass., 1911-1916; resumed the practice of law in Boston; special
attorney for the Maritime Commission in Washington, D.C., in 1938 and 1939; practiced law in Washington, D.C., until
his death June 22, 1943; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Mother: Margaret [Conry] b. abt 1831 Ireland
Sources:
United States Federal Census The Political Graveyard
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