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Mcdonald, Joseph Ewing

lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Aug. 29, 1819, in Butler county, Ohio.

He was elected prosecuting attorney of Indiana in 1843, and held the office four years. In 1849 he was elected a representative in congress, and served one term. He was elected attorney general of the state in 1856; and re-elected in 1858. He moved to Indianapolis in 1859; was a candidate for governor in 1864, but defeated; and was elected to the United States senate in 1875, for the term ending in 1881. He died June 21, 1891, in Indianapolis, Ind.