William P. Connery, Jr.

William Patrick Connery, Jr. ( born August 24, 1888 in Lynn, Massachusetts, † June 15 1937 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1923 and 1937 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Connery attended the Collège de Montréal in Montreal, Canada, the St. Mary 's School in Lynn and then from 1902 to 1904. Between 1904 and 1908 he studied at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester. From 1908 to 1916 he worked as a theater actor. In 1916 and 1917 he was also theater manager. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army. He was 19 months used in France. From 1919 to 1921 Connery worked for a Elektofirma. In the years 1922 and 1923 he was secretary of the mayor of Lynn. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1922, Connery was chosen in the seventh election district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Robert S. Maloney on March 4, 1923. After seven elections he could remain until his death in Congress. In the meantime, he was Chairman of the Committee on Labor. Since 1933, the first of the New Deal legislation of the Federal Government were adopted under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Congress. In 1935, the provisions of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution were first applied, after which the term of the Congress ends, or begins on January 3.

In 1934, Connery was approved after a study of law as a lawyer. But he has not worked much in this profession. After his death on June 15, 1937 be 1895 -born brother Lawrence was elected as his successor in Congress.

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