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Mckean, William Wister

naval officer, was born Sept. 19, 1800, in Huntingdon county, Pa. He entered the navy as a midshipman in 1814, and became lieutenant in 1825; commander in 1841, and captain in 1855. He was retired in 1861 and became commodore on the retired list in 1862. He died April 22, 1865, near Binghamton, N. Y.

Mckee, Edwin R

soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 31, 1844, in Knox county, Ill. He is a successful lawyer of Memphis, Mo.; has been prosecuting attorney; and in 1896 was elected judge.

Mckee, Samuel

congressman.

He was a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1809 to 1817.

Mckee, Samuel

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 4, 1833, in Montgomery county, Ky. In 1865 he was elected a representative from Kentucky to the thirty-ninth congress; and was re-elected to the fortieth congress as a republican. He was also a delegate to the Philadelphia loyalists' convention in 1866. For three years he was United States pension agent at Louisville, Ky.

Mckeen, Joseph

clergyman, college president, was born Oct. 15, 1757, in Londonderry, N. H. He was a successful clergyman of New England, and became president of Bowdoin college. He died July 15, 1807, in Brunswick, Maine.

Mckeen, Joseph John

business man, public official, was born in 1789 in Beverly, Mass. For many years he served as town clerk of Brunswick, Maine, and was secretary of the board of overseers of Bowdoin college. He was postmaster of Brunswick, and served as county commissioner. He was a noted antiquarian; took great interest in the Maine Historical society; and made valuable contributions to its published volumes. He died in 1861.

Mckeever, Chauncey

soldier, was born about 1828 in Maryland. In 1875 he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel and assistant adjutant-general for faithful and meritorious services during the civil war.

Mckeever, Harriet Burn

author, was born Aug. 28, 1807, in Philadelphia, Pa. She was a Philadelphia writer of Sunday-school fiction, among whose works are, Nothing but Leaves; Edith's Ministry; The Old Château; and Crown Jewels. She died Feb. 7, 1886, in Chester, Pa.

Mckelway, St. Clair

journalist, was born March 15, 1845, in Columbia, Mo. In 1878 he accepted the chief editorship of the Albany Argus; and in 1885 was called to the same position on the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. In 1883 he accepted the position of regent of the state university of New York.

Mckenna, Joseph

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Aug. 10, 1843, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was district attorney of Solano county, Cal., for two terms, commencing in 1866. He was a representative in the California legislature in 1875 and 1876. In 1884 he was elected a représentative from California to the fortyninth congress; and was re-elected to the fiftieth, fifty-first, and fifty-second congresses. In 1893 he was appointed United States circuit judge; and in 1897 became attorney-general of the United States.

Mckenty, Jacob K

lawyer, congressman, was born in 1827, in Douglassville, Pa. In 1856 he was elected district attorney for Berks county; and was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-sixth congress to fill a vacancy. He died Jan. 3, 1866, in Douglassville, Pa.

Mckenzie, Alexander

clergyman, author, was born Dec. 14, 1830, in New Bedford, Mass. He is a congregational clergyman of Cambridge; and the author of Cambridge Sermons; History of the First Church in Cambridge; Some Things Abroad; and The Two Boys.