Maddox, John W – Maginnis, Martin
Maddox, John W
soldier, lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born June 3, 1848, in Chattooga county, Ga. He was elected to the Georgia state legislature in 1880, and re-elected in 1882.
He was elected to represent the fortysecond senatorial district in 1884; and was elected judge of the superior court in 1886, and re-elected in 1890. He resigned that office Sept. 1, 1892, to accept the democratic nomination for congress, and was elected to the fifty-third, firtyfourth, and fifty-fifth congresses as democrat. a
Madison, Dorothy Payne
wife of President Madison, was born May 20, 1772, in North Carolina. During the war of 1812, when the capitol, white house and other public buildings were burned by the British, Mrs.
Madison assisted in saving valuable national documents; and under her own supervision the magnificent portrait of General Washington was taken down and carried to a place of safety. She died July 12, 1849, in Washington, D. C.
Madison, George
soldier, governor, was born in 1763, in Virginia. He was auditor of public accounts for twenty years; and was chosen governor of Kentucky for four years in 1816. He died Oct. 14, 1816, in Paris, Ky.
Madison, James
college president, clergyman, was born Aug. 27, 1749, in Augusta county, Va. In 1777 he became president of the William and Mary college. After peace was declared with Great Britain he became first bishop of the episcopal church of Virginia. He died March 6, 1812.
Madison, James
fourth president of the United States, was born March 16, 1751, in Orange county, Va. At the age of seventeen years he entered Princeton college, N. J., where he graduated in 1771, and commenced the study of the law. In 1776 he was elected member of the general assembly of Virginia, and in 1778 was elected to the executive council of the state. He was a elected to the continental congress in 1779; was a member of that body three years, and a member of the legislature of Virginia from 1784 to 1786.
He was a member of the convention which formed the constitution of the United States in 1787. He was elected a member of the house of representatives in 1789, and held the office eight years, during which time (1794) he married Mrs.
Dolly Paine Todd, a young widow, twenty-three years of age. He was elected a member of the Virginia assembly in 1797.
In 1801 Jefferson appointed him secretary of state, which office he held eight years.
He was the successful candidate for the presidency in 1808, and was inaugurated March 4, 1809. He was re-elected in 1812, and took the oath of office March 4, 1813.
At the close of his second term he retired to his home at Montpelier, and died June 28, 1836. Madison held office about thirty-two years. He was economical, and died rich. His complete works have been issued in six volumes.
Madison, Robert Lee
educator, author, was born Feb. 17, 1867, in Staunton, Va. He received his education in three different training schools in Lexington, Va., and at the United States university at Athens, Tenn. He is a great-grandson of General Ambrose Madison, who was a brother of President James Madison, and a cousin of Bishop James Madison, the first episcopal bishop of Virginia. He has been principal of the Quallatown seminary, N. C.; principal of the Jackson academy, Sylva, N. C.; and is now principal of the Cullowhee high school. In 1896-97 he was fourth vicepresident of the North Carolina Teachers' assembly; and since 1897 has been a member of the board of education for Jackson county, N. C.
Maeder, Frederick George
actor, author, was born Sept. 11, 1840, in New York city. He has attained success as an actor; and is the author of Cannuck; Shamus O'Brien; Runaway Wife; and Naun Cree. He died April 8, 1891, in New York city.
Maes, Camillus Paul
Roman catholic bishop, was born March 13, 1846, in Belgium. He was ordained priest in 1868, and sailed for the United States shortly afterward. He was appointed secretary of Bishop Burgess in 1880, nominated for the see of Covington in 1884, and consecrated bishop in 1885, and in 1897 became archbishop of New Orleans. He has published Life of Rev. Charles Nerinckx; and is a contributor to Roman Catholic periodicals.
Maffett, James Thompson
lawyer, congressman, was born Feb. 2, 1837, in Clarion county, Pa. In 1880 he was a republican presidential elector for the twenty-fifth congressional district; and in 1884 he had the instructions of Clarion county, Pa., for congress. He was elected to the fiftieth congress as a republican.
He died May 15, 1886, in Wilmington, N. C.
Maffit, John Newland
clergyman, lecturer, author, poet, was born Dec. 28, 1795, in Ireland. He was a once noted methodist preacher and lecturer, and the author of Tears of Contrition; Pulpit Sketches; and Poems. He died May 28, 1850, in Mobile, Ala.
Magaw, Samuel
educator, clergyman, author, was born about 1740, in Philadelphia, Pa. He aided in establishing the Philadelphia academy, and was secretary of the convention of Pennsylvania for several years. He published numerous sermons that he preached on special occasions. He died Dec. 1, 1812, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Magee, Christopher Lyman
promoter, state senator, was born April 14, 1848, in Pittsburg, Pa. He has attended every republican national convention since 1876 as a delegate. In 1880 he was one of the famous three hundred and six who stood out for General Grant. In 1884 he bought the Pittsburg Times, and, as president and editor, built the circulation up from 1,500 to 60,000 a day. He also organized and became president of the Duquesne Traction Co., and is also president of the Transverse Railway Co.
In 1896 he was elected a member of the state senate.
Magee, George J
railroad president, was born March 17, 1840, in Bath, N. Y. Since 1869 he has been president of the Fall Brook Coal company, and Fall Brook railway at Corning, N. Y.
Magee, John
congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1827 to 1831. He died April 5, 1868, in Watkins, N. Y.
Magee, John A
journalist, state legislator, congressman, was born Oct. 14, 1827, in Perry county, Pa. He was a member of the Pennsylvania legislature in 1863; and was elected to the forty-third congress as a democrat.
Magee, Levi
educator, lawyer, was born Aug. 15, 1864, in Ontario, Canada.
In 1868 he moved with his parents to Oregon; attended the Willamette university of Salem, and graduated from that institution in the classical course. For many years he was engaged in educational work; is now a leading lawyer of Grangeville, Idaho; has been postmaster of that city, and filled numerous public positions of trust in his county and state.
Magee, Rufus
journalist, lawyer, diplomat, state senator, was born Oct. 17, 1845, in Logansport, Ind. In 1882 he was elected a state senator of Indiana; in 1883 was elected president of the senate; and served in the state senate three and onehalf years.
MAGELLAN FERDINAND, explorer, was born in 1470, in Portugal. He discovered the group of islands known as the Philippines, which he took possession of in the name of the Spanish king. He died 'April 27, 1521.
Magie, David
clergyman, author, was born March 13, 1795, in Elizabeth, N. J. In 1821 he was installed as pastor of a newly organized presbyterian church in Elizabeth, with which he remained connected until his death. He was the author of The Springtime of Life; and of a tract entitled The Citizen Soldier, of which a quarter of a million copies were distributed during the civil war. He died May 10, 1865, in Elizabeth, N. J.
Magill, Charles
lawyer, jurist, He was appointed in 1801 United States circuit judge for the fourth circuit.
Magill, Edward Hicks
educator, college president, author, was born Sept. 24, 1825, in Solebury, Pa. In 1869 he became principal of the Swarthmore preparatory school, and in 1871 president of the Friends' college at Swarthmore, Delaware county, Pa. He published a French Grammar, with a key; also two French readers.
Magill, Mary Tucker
educator, author, was born Aug. 21, 1832, in Jefferson county, Va. She is an educator and fiction writer of Winchester, Va., and the author of The Holcombes; Women, or Chronicles of the Late War; School History of Virginia; and Pantomimes, or Wordless Poems.
Maginnis, John Sharp
clergyman, educator, was born June 13, 1805, in Butler county, Pa. In 1851 he became professor in the new theological seminary at Rochester, N. Y., and of philosophy in Rochester university. He died Oct. 15, 1852, in Rochester, N. Y.
Maginnis, Martin
soldier, journalist, congressman, was born Oct. 27, 1840, in Wayne county, N. Y. He removed to Montana and engaged in mining, and in publishing and editing the Helena Daily Gazette. He was elected a delegate from Montana to the forty-third congress; and was re-elected to the forty-fourth, fortyfifth, forty-sixth, forty-seventh and fortyeighth congresses as a democrat. • MAGNER, THOMAS F., congressman, was born March 8, 1860, in Brooklyn, N.
Y. He was a member of the New York assembly one year, which office he held when elected to the fifty-first congress.
He was re-elected to the fifty-second and fifty-third congresses as a democrat.