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Mccow, George Herbert – Mcculloch, Hugh

Mccow, George Herbert

artist, was born Aug. 1, 1848, in New York city.

In 1884 he received a medal and diploma from the Mechanics' association of Massachusetts; and the following year a medal and diploma from the World's Cotton exposition at New Orleans. His most notable pictures are Craig Dhu, Windsor Castle, Sunset, and Nantucket Moors.

Mccoy, Robert

soldier, congressman. He was a member of congress from Pennsylvania from 1831 to 1833. He died June 7, 1849, in Wheeling, W. Va.

Mccoy, William

congressman, was born in Augusta county, Va. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1811 to 1833.

MCCRACKAN, WILLIAM DENISON, lecturer, author, was born in 1864, in Munich. He is the author of The Rise of the Swiss Republic; Romance and Teutonic Switzerland; Swiss Solutions of American Problems; and Little Idyls of the Big World.

Mccrate, John D

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born about 1800, in Wiscasset, Maine. He was a member of the Maine legislature from 1831 to 1836; collector of customs at Wiscasset from 1836 to 1841; and was a representative in congress from Maine from 1845 to

Mccrea, James

engineer, railroad president, was born May 1, 1848, in Philadelphia, Pa. Since 1893 he has been president of the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley railway; since 1896 president of the Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railway company; and also president of the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad company.

Mccreary, John

congressman, was born in Chester district, S. C. He was a. representative in congress from that state from 1819 to 1821.

Mccreary, William

congressman..

He was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1803 to 1809.

Mccreedy, William

congressman.

He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1829 to 1831.

Mccreery, Thomas Clay

agricul-- turist, United States senator, was born in 1817, in Kentucky. He was a presidential elector of Kentucky in 1852; a visitor to the West Point academy in 1858; and in 1868 was elected a senator in congress to fill a vacancy. He was re-elected in 1873 for the term ending in 1879. He died July 10, 1890, in Owensboro, Ky.

Mcculloch, Ben

soldier, legislator, was born Nov. 11, 1811, in Rutherford county, Tenn. In 1839 he was elected to the congress of Texas. When Texas was admitted to the union in 1845 he was. elected to the first legislature. He died March 7, 1862, near Pea Ridge, Ark.

Mcculloch, George

congressman,. was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1840 to 1841.

Mcculloch, Hugh

banker, financier, author, was born Dec. 7, 1808, in Kennebunk, Maine. In 1857 he was elected president of the State bank of Indiana, and in 1865 he entered the cabinet as secretary of the treasury. He was the author of Men and Measures of Half a Century. He died in 1895.

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