sentences:  McNary served as member of the City of Boston Common Council in 1887 and 1888.McNary served in the Massachusetts Legislature as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1889 to 1890 and from 1900 to 1902 and as a member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1891 to 1892.In 1893 Judge Robert Grant resigned his position on the Boston Water Board, in July 1893 McNary was appointed by Mayor Matthews to fill the vacancy.