John Robert Connelly was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Kansas

Kansas

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Born near Mount Sterling, Illinois

Mount Sterling, Illinois

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, Connelly moved to Thayer County, Nebraska

Thayer County, Nebraska

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, with his parents in 1883.
He attended the common schools and Salina (Kansas) Normal University

Salina Normal University

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He moved to Thomas County, Kansas

Thomas County, Kansas

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, in 1888.
Homesteaded there in 1892.
Began teaching school when nineteen years of age.
Superintendent of schools for Thomas County 1894-1898.
He was owner and editor of the Colby Free Press from 1897 to 1919.
He served as mayor of Colby and as a member of the city council.
He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for election in 1908 to the Sixty-first

61st United States Congress

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 Congress.

Connelly was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Sixty-third

63rd United States Congress

- House of Representatives:*Democratic : 291 *Republican : 134*Progressive : 9*Independent : 1TOTAL members: 435-Senate:*President of the Senate: Thomas R. Marshall*President pro tempore: James P. Clarke-Senate:...

, Sixty-fourth

64th United States Congress

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, and Sixty-fifth

65th United States Congress

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 Congresses (March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1919).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth

66th United States Congress

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 Congress.
He resumed his former business pursuits.
He served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1908, 1920, and 1928.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1924 to the Sixty-ninth

69th United States Congress

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 Congress.
He engaged in the real-estate business at Colby, Kansas

Colby, Kansas

Colby is a city in and the county seat of Thomas County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 5,387.-History:...

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He died in Concordia, Kansas

Concordia, Kansas

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, September 9, 1940.
He was interred in Beulah Cemetery, Colby, Kansas

Colby, Kansas

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