James Perry Conner

James Perry Conner ( born January 27, 1851 Delaware County, Indiana, † March 19, 1924 in Denison, Iowa ) was an American politician. Between 1900 and 1909 he represented the state of Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Conner attended Upper Iowa University in Fayette. After a subsequent law studies at the University of Iowa in Iowa City and its made ​​in 1873 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new profession in Denison. Between 1880 and 1884 he was a prosecutor in the 13th Judicial District of the State of Iowa. Afterwards he worked until 1886 in the same district as a judge. Subsequently, he was a judge in the 16th Judicial District.

Politically, Conner member of the Republican Party. In 1892 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, on the U.S. President Benjamin Harrison was nominated for another term. In the elections, but this was defeated Grover Cleveland. Following the resignation of Congressman Jonathan P. Dolliver, who had been appointed U.S. Senator, Conner was at the election due in the tenth constituency of Iowa as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. After he was confirmed in the following regular congressional elections in his mandate, he could remain between 4 December 1900 to 3 March 1909 Congress.

Prior to the elections of 1908 James Conner lost in the primaries of his party against Frank P. Woods. He then worked again as a lawyer. He died on March 19, 1924 in Denison.

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