Michael F. Conry

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Michael Francis Conry (April 2, 1870 – March 2, 1917) was an American newspaperman, lawyer, and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1909 to 1917.

Michael F. Conry
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
In office March 4, 1909 – March 2, 1917
Preceded by	William Bourke Cockran
Succeeded by	Thomas Francis Smith
Constituency	12th district (1909—13) 15th district (1913–17)
Personal details
Born	(1870-04-02)April 2, 1870 Shenandoah, Pennsylvania
Died	March 2, 1917(1917-03-02) (aged 46) Washington, D.C.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Katherine O'Boyle
Alma mater	University of Michigan Law School

Biography

Born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, Conry attended the public schools, and was employed in the coal mines until sustaining an injury which crushed his ankles and left him crippled. He taught school for seven years, and also worked as an accountant and a newspaper reporter.

After deciding on a career as an attorney, he graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1896, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress.

He later moved to New York City and resumed the practice of law, including two years as the city's assistant corporation counsel.

Congress

Conry was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first Congress. He was reelected to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1909, until his death.

Death

Conry suffered from Bright's disease, a classification of kidney disease that would be described in modern medicine as acute or chronic nephritis, and became ill in late 1916. He died in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 1917, and was interred at Calvary Cemetery in Maspeth, Queens.

Family

He was married to Katherine O'Boyle of Scranton, and they were the parents of three daughters.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

References

• United States Congress. "Michael F. Conry (id: C000707)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Michael F. Conry (Late a Representative from New York), by U.S. Government Printing Office

External links

• Works by or about Michael F. Conry at the Internet Archive

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress