Daniel J. Conway Biography This biography appears on page 1484 in "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. DANIEL J. CONWAY, junior member of the well-known law firm of Muller & Company, of Sioux Falls, is a native of the state of Illinois, having been born in the city of LaSalle, on the 8th of March, 1860, and being a son of Daniel and Mary (McTiernan) Conway, the former of whom was born in Sligo, Ireland, both in Drumkeerin, County Leitrim, Ireland, both representative of staunch old Irish lineage. The subject received his early educational training in the public schools of his native city, and later continued his studies in St. Viateur's College, in Bourbonnais, Illinois. He later was for two years a resident of Dixon, that state, where he took a course of study in the Northern Illinois Normal College, and in the meanwhile began the study of law, under an able preceptor in that place. He then removed to Sioux county, Iowa, where he held the office of deputy auditor of Sioux county from January, 1888, until March, 1889. In the month last mentioned he came to Sioux Falls where he engaged in the real-estate business, to which he devoted his attention until 1891, having in the meanwhile secured admission to the bar of the state, while he is also a practitioner in the federal courts. In the year noted he entered into a professional partnership with David E. Powers,11ncler the firm name of Powers & Conway, and this alliance continued until 1893, when he became associated with Henry A. Muller. under the title of Muller & Conway, which has ever since obtained, the firm controlling a large and representative legal business and having distinctive precedence both as attorneys and counselors. Mr. Conway has been one of the wheelhorses of the Democratic party in the county and state and has wielded marked influence in the party councils, while his leadership has been acknowledged and appreciated. He was manager of the Democratic campaign in the state in 1896, and has been secretary of the state central committee of his party for the past six years. In 1897 he was appointed United States commissioner, an office of which he is still incumbent, and he served with great acceptability as city attorney of Sioux Falls from May, 1898, until May, 1900. In religious belief Mr. Conway is a Roman Catholic. On the 26th of November, 1891, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Conway to Miss Jane Frances Conness, of Kansas City, Missouri, and they have five children, namely: Henrietta M., M. Roberta, Marie, Beulah, Frances F. and Daniel Walter.