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Mackey, L. A – Macomb, Alexander

Mackey, L. A

lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 25, 1819, in White Deer township, Pa. In 1874 he was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-fourth congress; and re-elected to the forty-fifth congress as a democrat.

Mackie, John Milton

educator, author, was born Dec. 19, 1813, in Wareham, Mass. He is a New England writer, in early life a tutor in Brown university, and the author of Cosas de Espana; Lives of Leipnitz, Schamyl, Samuell Gorton; Tai Ping Wang; and From Cape Cod to Dixie.

Maclanahan, James X

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in 1809, in Antrim, ra. In 1841 he was elected to the Pennsylvania state senate.

In 1849 he was elected to congress; and re-elected in 1851. He died about 1864.

Maclay, Samuel

congressman, United States senator, was born June 7, 1741, in Lurgan, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1795 to 1797; and was a senator in congress from 1803 to 1808. He died Oct. 5, 1811, in Northumberland county, Pa.

Maclay, William

lawyer, United States senator, was born July 20, 1737, in New Garden, Pa. He was a senator in congress from Pennsylvania from 1789 to 1791. He died April 16, 1804, in Harrisburg, Pa.

Maclay, William

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1766, in Pennsylvania. He held the offices of county commissioner and associate judge; and was a member of the assembly. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1815 to 1817; and again from 1817 to 1819. He died Jan. 4, 1825.

Maclay, William Plunkett

congressman, was born Aug. 23, 1774, in Buffalo Valley, Pa. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1816 to 1821, having first entered congress to fill a vacancy. He died Sept. 2, 1842, in Milroy, Pa.

Maclay, William Walter

educator, civil engineer, was born March 27, 1846, in New York city. He was commissioned as lieutenant-commander in 1868, and, while acting as fleet captain of the Asiatic squadron, was selected by the Japanese government to survey and designate sites for lighthouses. MACLEAN, MRS. CLARA VICTORIA [DARGAN], educator, author, was born in 1840, in South Carolina. She is an educator of South Carolina. Her work in fiction includes Riverlands; and Helen Howard.

Maclean, George Edwin

educator, clergyman, college president, was born Aug. 31, 1850, in Rockville, Conn.

He has filled the chair of English language and literature in the university of Minnesota, and is now chancellor of the university of Nebraska at Lincoln.

Maclean, John

educator, chemist, lecturer, was born March 1, 1771, in Scotland. His chemical instructions embraced the practical applications of chemistry to agriculture and manufactures as well as theoretical science. In the second year of his instructions at Princeton he wrote two Lectures on Combustion. He died Feb. 17, 1814, in Princeton, N. J.

Macmurray, Thomas J

clergyman, journalist, lawyer, lecturer, poet, was born July 23, 1852, in Scotland. In 1883 he was admitted to the bar; has been engaged in journalism in Manistique, Mich.; and attained eminence as a lecturer. He is the author of The Legend of Delaware Valley, and Other Poems.

Macomb, Alexander

soldier, author, was born April 3, 1782, in Detroit, Mich. He was an officer of prominence in the American army during the war of 1812, becoming major-general in command of the army in 1828. He was the author of Treatise on Martial Law; Treatise on Practice of Courts Martial; and Pontiac, a drama. He died June 25, 1841, in Washington, D. C.