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Mckinley, John

governor, was born Feb. 24, 1724. In 1777 he was elected the first governor of Delaware. He died Aug. 31, 1796, in Wilmington, Del.

McKINLEY, JOHN, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born May 1, 1780, in Culpeper county, Va. He moved to Kentucky, thence to Alabama; and was a senator in congress from Alabama from 1826 to 1837. In 1837 he was appointed a justice of the supreme court of the United States. He died July 19, 1852, in Louisville, Ky.

McKINLEY, WILLIAM, congressman.

He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1810 to 1811.

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