M. Joseph Conroy

M. Joseph Conroy

Michael Joseph "Joe" Conroy (1874-1958) was the second Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, serving from 1923-1924.

Biography

Michael Joseph Conroy was born in the village of Ballyconneeley in County Galway, Ireland on September 20, 1874. His family immigrated to the United States in 1880, settling in Manchester, New Hampshire. He worked for the Boston and Maine Railroad until 1904. In 1905, he moved to Seward, Alaska to work on the Alaska Central Railroad. He lived for a time in Cordova, Knik and Valdez, where in 1913 he was admitted to the Alaska Bar Association. He served as United States Commissioner in the Seward-Kenai precinct until 1916. During this time he met and married Nellie Rushton Muscott, a nurse from Simpson, Kansas who was working in Seward for Dr. Joseph H. Romig. In June 1916, the couple moved to Anchorage where Joe found work as a tax assessor for the not-yet incorporated city.

Conroy was elected mayor in 1923, and re-elected in 1924. During Conroy's first term in office, President Warren Harding visited Alaska, becoming the first U.S. President to visit the territory. Harding, along with Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover and others, arrived in Anchorage on the train from Seward on July 13, 1923 at 9:30 in the evening. Conroy welcomed them in a ceremony on Fourth Avenue, presenting Harding with a Sydney Laurence oil painting of Mount McKinley.cite book
last = Atwood
first = Evangeline
title = Anchorage: Star of the North
publisher = Continental Heritage Press
isbn = 0932986250
date = 1982
pages = 66 ]

Conroy resigned on October 2, 1924, with City Council member Charles Bush appointed to complete the rest of his term.cite book
last = Atwood
first = Evangeline
title = Anchorage: All-America City
publisher = Binfords & Mort
date = 1957
pages = 110 ]

Conroy died on September 5, 1946. He is buried in Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery.

References

; General
* cite book
last = Bagoy
first = John P.
title = Legends & Legacies: Anchorage 1910-1935
date = 2001
pages = 128
isbn = 1888125918 ; Specific


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