Mckenna, Maurice M
lawyer, poet, was born May 31, 1846, in Springfield, Mass. During the civil war he served as a member of company I, thirty-ninth regiment Wisconsin volunteer infantry.
As a lawyer he has gained a good reputation as one of the foremost practitioners in his state; practices in the state and federal courts; and has had professional engagements in Iowa, Kansas, Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota. For six years he was clerk of the courts of record in Fond du Lac county; and served six terms as supervisor of the first ward of the city of Fond du Lac. He has held numerous positions of honor, and has always taken an active part in the public affairs of his city, county and state. He is the author of a volume entitled Elva Lee, and Other Poems; and a second volume which was published in 1890 entitled Poems, Rhymes, and Verses. His productions were given a place in Poets of America, and have appeared in other standard works.
McKENNAN, THOMAS McKEAN THOMPSON, lawyer, congressman, was born March 31, 1794, in New Castle county, Pa. He was secretary of the interior department under President Fillmore for a brief period; and was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1831 to 1839, and from 1841 to 1843. He died July 9, 1852, in Reading, Pa.