Lawrence J. Connery

{{Infobox officeholder

| name =Lawrence Joseph Connery

| image = Lawrence J. Connery (Massachusetts Congressman).jpg

| state =Massachusetts

| district =7th

| term_start =September 28, 1937

| term_end =October 19, 1941

| preceded =William P. Connery Jr.

| succeeded =Thomas J. Lane

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| birth_date = October 17, 1895

| birth_place = Lynn, Massachusetts

| death_date = {{death date and age|1941|10|19|1895|10|17}}

| death_place = Arlington, Virginia

| alma_mater = St. Mary's College, Georgetown University Law School

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|allegiance= {{flagicon|USA|1918}} United States

|branch= United States Army

|serviceyears=1916;
March 25, 1917 - March 24, 1919

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|unit=Company A, 9th Massachusetts Infantry
Company A, 101st Infantry Regiment
26th Division

|battles=Mexican Expedition
World War I
France}}

Lawrence Joseph Connery (October 17, 1895 – October 19, 1941) was a United States House Representative from Massachusetts.

Life and career

Connery was born in Lynn, Massachusetts on October 17, 1895. He attended the local parochial and public schools, and St. Mary's College, St. Mary's, Kansas.

He was employed as a reporter for The Lynn Item; served on the Mexican border in 1916 with Company A, 9th Massachusetts Infantry; served with Company A, Company A, 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Division from March 25, 1917, until honorably discharged on March 24, 1919, with nineteen months service in France.

He went on to work as chief purser aboard a United Fruit Company ship (1919–23). From 1923-37, he was secretary (chief administrative assistant) for his brother, Congressman William Patrick Connery, Jr.

He graduated from Georgetown University Law School, Washington, D.C. in 1926; engaged in the office-supplies and printing business in 1934 in Lynn, Massachusetts.

Last years and death

Connery was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his brother, William. He was re-elected to the Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses and served from September 28, 1937 until his death from a heart attack{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/10395606/?terms=rep+Lawrence+J.+Connery|title=20 Oct 1941, Page 1 - The High Point Enterprise at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|access-date=23 April 2018}} in Arlington, Virginia on October 19, 1941, aged 46. He was interred in St. Mary's Cemetery, Lynn, Massachusetts.