1. Maurice Connolly was elected in 1912 to a single term as a Democratic member of the US House of Representatives from Iowa's 3rd congressional district.
14 Facts About Maurice Connolly
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Maurice Connolly was born in Dubuque, Iowa on March 13,1877, as the son of a successful carriage maker, Tom Connolly, and his wife Ellen Brown Connolly.
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Maurice Connolly was graduated from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, in 1897, where he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society.
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Maurice Connolly was admitted to the bar in 1899 and did postgraduate work at Balliol College, Oxford, England, and the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
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Maurice Connolly returned to Dubuque when his father died suddenly in 1903, and assumed his ownership and management of the Connolly Carriage Company.
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Maurice Connolly's hometown of Dubuque was a Democratic-leaning city at the edge of Iowa's strongly-Republican 3rd congressional district, which in Maurice Connolly's lifetime had elected only Republicans.
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When Iowa Republicans were divided between Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party candidacy and Republican Party nominee William Howard Taft, Maurice Connolly tied himself closely to Democratic presidential candidate Woodrow Wilson.
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Maurice Connolly defeated Edwin T Meredith in the primary, but was defeated by Senator Cummins in the general election.
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Maurice Connolly became an executive of Dubuque Fire and Insurance Company.
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Maurice Connolly was an at-large delegate to the 1916 Democratic National Convention.
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Maurice Connolly served as adjutant, executive officer and commanding officer at Chanute Field in Rantoul, Illinois, Wilbur Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, and Hazelhurst Field in Mineola, New York.
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Maurice Connolly flew in one of the "flying circuses" of fliers performing to raise funds for the Liberty Loan program.
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Maurice Connolly was killed in an airplane accident near Indian Head, Maryland on May 28,1921.
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Maurice Connolly was one of two civilian passengers killed along with five air corps officers, including Medal of Honor recipient Lt.