Leon M. Conwell

Leon Martin Conwell
19thMayor of Somerville, Massachusetts
In office January 4, 1926 – January 6, 1930
Preceded by	John M. Webster
Succeeded by	John 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
Born	April 15, 1870[1] Somerville, Massachusetts[1]
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican[1][2]
Spouse(s)	Sarah[3] Harriet Brewster, m. June 19, 1901.[1][3]
Children	Agnes Conwell; Charles Brewster Conwell[3]
Alma mater	Rugby Academy, Philadelphia; Princeton University, A.B. class, of 1892.[1]
Profession	Journalist[1]

Leon Martin Conwell was an American Journalist and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives^[1] and as the nineteenth Mayor, of Somerville, Massachusetts.

Conwell was born April 15, 1870 in Somerville, Massachusetts^[1] 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.