Joseph_Conry_grave_section_53_-_Mt_Olivet_-_Washington_DC_-_2014.jpg
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The unmarked grave of Joseph A. Conry at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washington, D.C., in the United States.
Joseph Aloysius Conry was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on September 12, 1868. He became a lawyer, and in 1896 was elected president of the Boston Common Council in 1896. He served a two-year term, and then was elected chairman of the Board of Aldermen in 1898. A Democrat, Conry was elected to Congress in 1900. The Tammany Hall political machine found Conry too much of a reformer, and he lost reelection to one of their candidates in 1902. In September 1912, Czar Nicholas II appointed Conry to be Russian Consul in Boston, and he served until 1919. Czar Nicholas II made him a member of the Knights of St. Anne for his service. Conry was also Director of the Port of Boston from 1911 to 1916. Just prior to the outbreak of World War II, he served as a special attorney with the United States Maritime Commission in Washington, D.C. He was with the commission from 1938 to 1939. After leaving government service, he remained in the city, practicing law. Conry died on June 22, 1943, of an unspecified illness and was interred at Mount Olivet Cemetery. |
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| Author | Tim Evanson |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Tim Evanson at https://www.flickr.com/photos/23165290@N00/14535427980 . It was reviewed on 11 August 2014 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. |