John Conness

U. S. Senator, California, 1863-1869

Born: September 22, 1821 Abbey, County Galway, Ireland.

• Immigrated to the United States, 1833.
  
• Learned the art of pianoforte making in New York.
  
• Moved to California, 1849, and engaged in mining and mercantile pursuits.
  
• Member of the California State Assembly, 1853-1854, and again in 1860-1861.
  
• Unsuccessful candidate for Governor of California, 1861.
  
• Elected from California as a Douglass Democrat (afterwards changed to a Union Republican) to the U. S. Senate, serving from March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1869.
  
• Moved to Boston, Massachusetts, 1869.
  
• Retired from active business pursuits.

Died: January 10, 1909, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.
Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Dorchester, Massachusetts.

(Source: U.S. Congress. House. Biographical Directory Of The American Congress 1774-1949, 85th Cong., 2nd sess., H. Doc. 607 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), pp. 759-2057.)