William B. Conway
William Bernard Conway (1802–1839) was an American politician from Iowa Territory and Pennsylvania.[1]
Born in New Castle County, Delaware, Conway was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar and practiced law in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was a supporter of President Andrew Jackson. In 1838, he was appointed Secretary of the Iowa Territory and served briefly as acting governor until the arrival of the Iowa Territorial Governor Robert Lucas. Conway was a writer; he wrote a poem: Bribed Legislator, and a novel: The Cottage on the Cliff: A History of the Revolution. He was also a newspaper editor, conducting The American Manufacturer in Pittsburgh and later the Mountaineer in Johnstown and Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. Conway died in Davenport, Iowa Territory while in office in 1839.[2][3]
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- Editors of Pennsylvania newspapers
- Governors of Iowa Territory
- Pennsylvania lawyers
- Pennsylvania Jacksonians
- People from New Castle County, Delaware
- People from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Writers from Delaware
- Writers from Iowa
- Writers from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 1802 births
- 1839 deaths
- 19th-century American newspaper editors
- 19th-century American journalists
- American male journalists
- 19th-century American newspaper founders
- Journalists from South Dakota
- Journalists from North Dakota
