William James "Botchy" Connors (July 26, 1891 – June 24, 1961) was an American politician.

Career

Born in

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...

, Connors was an active member of the

Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...

. In 1932, Connors was elected to the

Illinois House of Representatives The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 re ...

; in 1934, he was elected to the Illinois State Senate, where he served until his death.

Death

Connors died of

uremia Uremia is the term for high levels of urea in the blood. Urea is one of the primary components of urine. It can be defined as an excess of amino acid and protein metabolism end products, such as urea and creatinine, in the blood that would be nor ...

in Chicago in 1961.'Sen. Connors, 69, Colorful Boss of 42nd Ward, Dies,' Chicago Tribune, June 25, 1961, pg. 1,2

Notes

1891 births 1961 deaths Politicians from Chicago Democratic Party Illinois state senators Democratic Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives 20th-century American politicians {{Illinois-Ilrepresentative-stub