Maurice E. Connolly

Maurice Edward Connolly (June 22, 1880 - November 24, 1935) was the borough president of Queens, New York City, from 1911 to 1928.

Trained as a lawyer at Columbia Law School, he was elected borough president of Queens in 1911, serving until his resignation in 1928.

His resignation as borough president in April 1928 occurred during an investigation of a sewer graft scandal.

In October 1928 he was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the city, and was sentenced to one year in prison and fined $500.

He died from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, New York on November 24, 1935.