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William B. Conway

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American politician
William Conway
1st ActingGovernor of Iowa Territory
In office
July 3, 1838 – August 15, 1838
Succeeded byRobert Lucas
1st Secretary of theIowa Territory
In office
November 6, 1839 – August 15, 1838
Personal details
Born1802
New Castle County, Delaware
Died(1839-11-06)November 6, 1839
Burlington,Iowa Territory
For the Arkansas Supreme Court justice, seeWilliam Conway (Arkansas judge).

William Bernard Conway (1802–November 6, 1839) was an American politician and newspaperman who was the first secretary and first acting governor ofIowa Territory.

Early life and newspaper career

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Conway was born inNew Castle County, Delaware. InPittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1830, he started publishingThe American Manufacturer, a newspaper supportive of theDemocratic Party.[1] In 1833, he was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar[2] and opened a law practice,[3] which he relocated from Pittsburgh toJohnstown, Pennsylvania in 1835.[4] While in Johnstown he founded a newspaper called theMountaineer in early 1836; later in the same year he moved its publication toEbensburg, Pennsylvania.[4]

Iowa territorial secretary

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In 1838, he was appointed Secretary of the newly establishedIowa Territory by PresidentMartin Van Buren. Conway had never before held a political office; his appointment was said to have been in reward for his journalistic support of Van Buren and his predecessorAndrew Jackson.[5] Secretary Conway served briefly as acting governor of the territory until the arrival of the official governorRobert Lucas. Lucas saw Conway's assumption of this role as illegitimate, and upon arrival reversed Conway's gubernatorial actions except for the judicial districting of the territory.[6] Conway as secretary is credited with designing theIowa territorial seal, which served as the model for the seal of theUniversity of Iowa.[7]

Conway died inBurlington,Iowa Territory while in office on November 6, 1839. His remains were brought toDavenport for interment.[8]

Literary activity

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Conway was the writer of a poem, "Bribed Legislator", and a novel,The Cottage on the Cliff: A Tale of the Revolution.[9]

References

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  1. ^Glasco, Laurence A. (2004).The WPA History of the Negro in Pittsburgh. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 157.ISBN 0-8229-4232-1.
  2. ^The Twentieth Century Bench and Bar of Pennsylvania. Vol. 2. Chicago: H.C. Cooper, Jr., Bro. & Co. 1903. p. 834.
  3. ^"William B. Conway, Attorney at Law".The Daily Pittsburgh Gazette. 5 December 1833. p. 3.
  4. ^abStorey, Henry Wilson (1907).History of Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Vol. 1. New York: Lewis Publishing Company. p. 377.hdl:2027/nyp.33433081814018.
  5. ^Van Ek, Jacob (April 1924)."The Pen Knife Quarrel".The Palimpsest.5 (4): 139.
  6. ^"The Quarrel Between Governor Lucas and Secretary Conway".The Annals of Iowa.2 (2):221–224. 1895.doi:10.17077/0003-4827.2037 – via State Historical Society of Iowa.
  7. ^Van Ek, Jacob (October 1924)."Great Seals of Iowa".The Palimpsest.5 (10):379–380.
  8. ^The History of Polk County, Iowa. Des Moines, Iowa: Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams & Co. 1880. p. 157.
  9. ^Storey, Henry Wilson (1907).History of Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Vol. 2. New York: Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 434–435.hdl:2027/nyp.33433081814026.
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