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 Brewster 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. (Hayden) Conwell, and Russell H. Conwell.[1]

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

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Marquis, Albert Nelson (1915), Who's who in New England, Volume IV 2nd. ed., Chicago, IL: A. N. Marquis & Company, p. 269.
  2. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 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


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