Leon M. Conwell Explained

Leon Martin Conwell
Office:19th Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts
Term Start:January 4, 1926
Term End:January 6, 1930
Predecessor:John M. Webster
Office2:Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
26th Middlesex District
Term Start2:1910
Term End2:1912
Office3:Member of the
Somerville, Massachusetts
School Board
Term Start3:1907
Term End3:1908
Birth Date:April 15, 1870
Death Place:Somerville, Massachusetts
Nationality:American
Spouse:Sarah Harriet Brewster, m. June 19, 1901.
Children:Agnes Conwell; Charles Brewster Conwell
Alma Mater:Rugby Academy, Philadelphia; Princeton University, A.B. class, of 1892.
Profession:Journalist

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

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

Conwell was the publisher and editor of the Somerville Journal.

Notes

  1. News: Leon M. Conwell . The Boston Globe . August 19, 1953 . 9 . 2019-06-26 .