Life span: 09/21/1821 to 01/10/1909TabsLife SummaryFull name: John ConnessPlace of Birth: Galway, Ireland Burial Place: Dorchester, MABirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateNo. of Siblings: 13No. of Spouses: 1No. of Children: 1Family: Walter Conness (father), Mary Williams Conness (mother), Mary Davis (wife) Occupation: PoliticianBusinessmanRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderPolitical Parties: DemocraticRepublicanUnion (Unconditional Union, National Union)Other Affiliations: Abolitionists (Anti-Slavery Society)Other Affiliation: ConservationistGovernment: US SenateState legislature Events Date span begin Life span End Event 01/06/1866 01/06/1866 As Chile and Peru face Spain, a large public meeting is held in New York in support of the Monroe Doctrine Major TopicsThirty-Eighth Congress of the United StatesThirty-Ninth Congress of the United StatesFortieth Congress of the United States Documents Images John Conness, circa 1864 John Conness, circa 1864, detail Bibliography