Leon M. Conwell

Leon Martin Conwell
19thMayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts
In office
January 4, 1926 – January 6, 1930
Preceded by John M. Webster
Succeeded by John J. Murphy
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
26th Middlesex District[2]
In office
1910[1] – 1912[1]
Member of the
Somerville, Massachusetts
School Board[1]
In office
1907[1] – 1908[1]
Personal details
Born April 15, 1870[1]
Somerville, Massachusetts[1]
Nationality American
Political party Republican[1][2]
Spouse(s) Sarah[3] Harriet Brewster, m. June 19, 1901.[1][3]
Children Agnes Conwell; Charles Russell Conwell[3]
Alma mater Rugby Academy, Philadelphia; Princeton University, A.B. class, of 1892.[1]
Profession Journalist[1]

Leon Martin Conwell was an American Journalist and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1] and as the nineteenth Mayor, of Somerville, Massachusetts.

Conwell was born April 15, 1870 in Somerville, Massachusetts[1] to Jennie P. (Hayedn) Conwell, and Russell H. Conwell.[1]

Conwell was the publisher and editor of the Somerville Journal.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Marquis, Albert Nelson (1915), Who's who in New England, Volume IV 2nd. ed., Chicago, IL: A. N. Marquis & Company, p. 269. 
  2. ^ a b Secretary of the Commonwealth (1910), Election statistics, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Public Document no. 43, Boston, Ma: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Secretary of the Commonwealth, p. xciii. 
  3. ^ a b c Cutter, William Richard (1910), Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, Volume IV, New York, N.Y.: Lewis Historical Pub. Company, p. 2107. 
Political offices
Preceded by
John M. Webster		 19thMayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts
January 4, 1926 – January 6, 1930		 Succeeded by
John J. Murphy