{{Short description|American politician (1868–1943)}} {{other uses|Conry (disambiguation){{!}}Conry}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Joseph Aloysius Conry | image = Joseph A. Conry (3x4a).png | office = [[Harbourmaster|Director]] of the [[Port of Boston]] | term_start = 1911 | term_end = 1916 | preceded = | succeeded = | office1 = Consul of [[Russia]] to the [[United States]] | monarch1 = [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]] | term_start1 = 1912 | term_end1 = 1919 | preceded1 = | succeeded1 = | state2 = [[Massachusetts]] | district2 = [[Massachusetts's 9th congressional district|9th]] | term_start2 = March 4, 1901 | term_end2 = March 3, 1903 | preceded2 = [[John F. Fitzgerald]] | succeeded2 = [[John A. Keliher]] | office3 = [[Chairman of the Boston Board of Aldermen]] | term_start3 = April 1, 1898 | term_end3 = October 1, 1898 | preceded3 = Perlie Appelton Dyar | succeeded3 = David Franklin Barry | office4 = Member of the [[Boston Board of Aldermen]]<ref name="Catalogue"/> | term4 = 1898 | preceded4 = | succeeded4 = | office5 = [[President of the Boston Common Council]]<ref name="Catalogue"/> | term_start5 = 1896 | term_end5 = 1897 | preceded5 = Christopher Francis O'Brien | succeeded5 = Timothy Lawrence Connolly | office6 = Member of the [[Boston Common Council]]<br>from Ward 2<ref name="Catalogue">{{cite web |title=A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown, 1847-1873 and of the Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822: Also of Various Other Town and Municipal Officers |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=n_BMAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA48 |publisher=City of Boston Printing Department |access-date=31 October 2022 |pages= 48, 158, 165 |language=en |date=1909}}</ref> | term_start6 = 1895 | term_end6 = 1897 | preceded6 = | succeeded6 = Joseph F. Hickey | birth_date = {{birth date|1868|9|12}} | birth_place = [[Brookline, Massachusetts]], <br>United States | death_date = {{death date and age|1943|6|22|1868|9|12}} | death_place = Washington, D.C., <br>United States | resting_place = Mount Olivet Cemetery | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Joseph Aloysius Conry''' (September 12, 1868 – June 22, 1943) was an American politician who served as a [[United States representative]] from [[Massachusetts]]. Although he served only a single term, he received national attention for his reformist views. He remained a highly popular speaker and writer, despite losing an election to Congress in 1908. Before serving in Congress, he held municipal office in [[Boston]].
Russia named him Consul to the United States in 1912, a position in which he served until 1919. He was also [[Harbourmaster|director]] of the [[Port of Boston]] from 1911 to 1916.
==Early career== Conry was born in [[Brookline, Massachusetts]], on September 12, 1868. He attended the common schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]].
==Municipal government== Conry served from 1895 through 1897 as a member of the [[Boston Common Council]] from ward 2. He served as president of the Common Council in 1896 and 1897.<ref name="Catalogue"/> Conry served on the [[Boston Board of Aldermen]] in 1898, and was the chairman of the board.<ref name="Catalogue"/>
==United States Congress== Conry was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[United States House of Representatives]] for the [[57th United States Congress]] (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to the [[58th United States Congress]], and resumed the practice of his profession in Boston.
==Defeats in the 1908 congressional election== In 1908 Conry was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic congressional nomination in [[Massachusetts's 9th congressional district]]. Conry first lost in the Democratic primary, and in the general election as an independent candidate, losing both times to [[John A. Keliher]].<ref name="Hennessy1917p103">{{Citation |last = Hennessy | first =Michael Edmund | title = Twenty-five Years of Massachusetts Politics: from Russell to McCall, 1890-1915 | page = 103| publisher = Practical Politics | location = Boston, Ma| year = 1917}}</ref>
==Consul to the United States from Russia== He was recognized as consul of Russia in September 1912 and served until 1919. Conry was decorated by Czar [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]], and was made a member of the Knights of St. Anne.
==Later career== [[File:Joseph Conry grave section 53 - Mt Olivet - Washington DC - 2014.jpg|thumb|Unmarked grave of Joseph Conry at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washington, D.C.]] Conry served as director of the Port of Boston from 1911 to 1916. He served as special attorney for the [[United States Maritime Commission]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], in 1938 and 1939, then practiced law there.
==Death and burial== Conry died at [[George Washington University Hospital]] in Washington, D.C. June 22, 1943. He was interred at [[Mount Olivet Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)|Mount Olivet Cemetery]] in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92412350/joseph-a-conry-23-jun-1943-the-boston/ |title=Joseph A. Conry |date=1943-06-23 |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |page=11 |access-date=2022-01-12 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{Open access}}</ref>
==References== * {{CongBio|C000706}} *[https://books.google.com/books?id=ILETAAAAYAAJ&q=Joseph+A++Conry Contested Election case of Joseph A. Conry vs. John A. Keliher]
==Notes== <references/>
==External links== {{Commons category|Joseph A. Conry}}
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