Leon M. Conwell

Leon Martin Conwell (April 15, 1870 – August 18, 1953) was an American journalist and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1] and as the nineteenth Mayor, of Somerville, Massachusetts.[4]

Leon Martin Conwell
19th Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts
In office
January 4, 1926 – January 6, 1930
Preceded byJohn M. Webster
Succeeded byJohn 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
BornApril 15, 1870
Somerville, Massachusetts
DiedAugust 18, 1953(1953-08-18) (aged 83)
Somerville, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican[1][2]
Spouse(s)Sarah[3] Harriet Brewster, m. June 19, 1901.[1][3]
ChildrenAgnes Conwell; Charles Brewster Conwell[3]
Alma materRugby Academy, Philadelphia; Princeton University, A.B. class, of 1892.[1]
ProfessionJournalist[1]

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

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

Notes
  1. Marquis, Albert Nelson (1915), Who's who in New England, Volume IV 2nd. ed., Chicago, IL: A. N. Marquis & Company, p. 269
  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. 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
  4. "Leon M. Conwell". The Boston Globe. August 19, 1953. p. 9. Retrieved June 26, 2019.


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