Mcdonald, Alexander – Mcdowell, John
Mcdonald, Alexander
merchant, banker, United States senator, was born April 10, 1832, in Clinton county, Pa. In 1863 he settled in Arkansas, established and became president of a national bank at Fort Smith; and also became president of the Merchant's National bank at Little Rock. He was elected a senator in congress from Arkansas for the term ending in 1871, having taken his seat on the admission of that state into the union.
Mcdonald, Charles James
jurist, legislator, state senator, governor, was born July 9, 1793, in Charleston, S. C. He was solicitor-general in 1822; and a judge of the circuit court of Georgia in 1825.
He was in the legislature in 1834, a member of the state senate in 1837, and was elected governor of Georgia in 1839, and re-elected in 1841. From 1857 until his death he was a judge of the supreme court of Georgia. He died Dec. 16, 1860, in Marietta, Ga.
Mcdonald, David
lawyer, jurist. He was a judge of the United States court for the district of Indiana.
Mcdonald, Edward Francis
congressman, was born Sept. 21, 1844, in Ireland. He served in the civil war; and in 1874 was elected to the New Jersey state legislature. In 1889 he was elected a state senator; and in 1890 was elected a member of the fifty-second congress. He died Nov. 5, 1892, in Harrison, N. J.
Mcdonald, George Kenzie
clergyman, was born Sept. 17, 1868, in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. He has attained prominence as a clergyman of the baptist church; has filled a pastorate in Rollin, Mich.; and since 1892 has been pastor of the Bethel Baptist church of Kalamazoo.
Mcdonald, J. R
railroad president.
He was president of Washington Southern railway at Seattle, Wash.
Mcdonald, James E
journalist, state senator, was born Sept. 9, 1855, in Columbia City, Ind. He has been a member of the Indiana state board of agriculture; and has served as a state senator in the Indiana legislature.
Mcdonald, James Madison
clergyman, author, was born May 22, 1812, in Limerick, Maine. He was a congregational clergyman who was pastor of a church in Princeton, N. J., in 1856-76; and the author of Credulity; My Father's House, or the Heaven of the Bible; Life and Writings of St. John; Ecclesiastes Explained; and Key to the Book of Revelation. He died April 19, 1876, in Princeton, N. J. 4
Mcdonald, John
soldier, legislator, congressman, was born May 24, 1837, in Ireland. In 1861 he was ordered to the seat of war. He served in the cavalry corps of the army of the Potomac throughout the war. He was retired as a captain of cavalry July 1, 1868, for disabilities incurred in the line of service. He was elected to the Maryland legislature as a republican in 1881; and was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
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.
Mcdonald, Witten
journalist, was born June 4, 1846, in Wyoming county, Pa. In 1882 he organized the Armour Banking company, of which institution he has continued to be president. In 1892 he became president of the Kansas City Times Newspaper company.
Mcdonell, Archibald
lawyer, was born Jan. 1, 1833, in Nova Scotia. In 1861 he graduated from the law department of the university of Michigan. He has attained prominence as an able lawyer of Bay City, Mich.; has been mayor of that city for two terms; an elector at large for Tilden; and in 1896 was a congressional delegate to the national democratic convention.
Mcdonnell, Timothy Lawrence
educator, lawyer, was born May 31, 1861, in Bourbon county, Ky. In his youth he assisted his father (who was a building contractor) in the different departments of building. He later took part in the preliminary surveys and the actual construction of railroads. For two years he pursued a classical course in the St. Mary's college, Kas.; and several years was engaged in educational work. He then delivered a course of lectures in the western states, and subsequently graduated from the law department of the Omaha university. He is the founder and instructor of a private law school in Omaha, in which city he has a lucrative law practice.
Mcdonogh, John
philanthropist, was born Dec. 29, 1779, in Baltimore, Md. At his death he left the bulk of his fortune, which was estimated at more than $2,- 000,000, to the cities of New Orleans and Baltimore, for the purpose of establishing free schools.
Mcdonough, John James
lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born March 15, 1857, in Fall River, Mass. He received the rudiments of his education in the schools of his native city; in 1880 graduated from the Holy Cross college of Worcester, Mass., with the degree of A. B.; and in 1884 graduated from the Boston university school of law, with the degree of LL. B. He is a prominent lawyer of his native city; and since 1893 has been judge of the second district court of Bristol. He takes a prominent part in the public and political affairs of his county and state.
Mcdonough, Thomas
naval officer, commodore, was born Dec. 23, 1783, in New Castle county, Del. He was twentyeight years of age at the time of the engagement at Plattsburg; and became a commodore in the navy. The state of New York gave him one thousand acres of land on Plattsburg bay for his services. He died Nov. 16, 1825, at sea.
Mcdougal, Clinton Dugald
soldier, congressman, was born July 14, 1839, in Scotland. He led a brigade in the army of the Potomac at Gettysburg and in its subsequent campaigns until the close of the war, and in 1864 was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He was elected to congress from New York as a republican in 1872, serving till 1877; and in 1877 he was appointed United States marshal for the western judicial district of New York.
Mcdougal, David
naval officer, was born Sept. 27, 1809, in Ohio. He was appointed midshipman in 1828, past midshipman in 1834, and commodore in 1869. He died Aug. 7, 1882, in San Francisco, Cal.
Mcdougal, Mrs. Frances Har-
RIET [WHIPPLE] [GREENE], author, was born in 1805 in Rhode Island. She was a Rhode Island writer who resided in California in 1862; and was the author of The Original; The Mechanic; Might and Right, a History of the Dorr Rebellion; Shahmah in Pursuit of Freedom; The Dwarf Boy, and Minor Poems; and Beyond the Veil. She died in 1875.
Mcdougal, John M
educator, lawyer, jurist, was born April 21, 1850, in LaRue county, Ky. In his early days he taught school; for three years was deputy state librarian of Kentucky; and in 1876 was sergeantat-arms in the Kentucky house of representatives. He was commissioned colonel on the staff of Gov. Leslie, and also on the staff of Gov.
McCrary. Since 1880 he has practiced law in Gunnison, Colo., when not on the bench; has been city attorney, county attorney, deputy district attorney, and held the office of county judge for six years.
Mcdougall, James A
lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Nov. 19, 1817, in Bethlehem, N. Y.
In 1850 he was elected attorney general of California; and was a representative in congress from California from 1853 to 1855, declining a renomination. In 1861 he was elected a senator in congress for six years. He died Sept. 3, 1867, in Albany, N. Y.
Mcdougall, John
governor. He was acting-governor of California from 1851 to 1852.
Mcdowell, Alexander
banker, congressman, was born in 1845 in Franklin, Pa. He is a banker of Sharon, Pa.; and was elected to the fifty-third congress.
Mcdowell, B. M
musician, composer, was born May 26, 1845, in Pittsburg, Pa. He is a successful teacher of music in Cambridge, Ohio; and the author of a number of popular pieces.
Mcdowell, Irvin
soldier, was born Oct. 15, 1818, in Columbus, Ohio. In 1861 he was appointed brigadier-general of the army of the Potomac, and commanded the Union forces at the battle of Bull Run.
He died May 4, 1885, in San Francisco, Cal.
Mcdowell, James
congressman, governor, was born Oct. 12, 1796, in Rockbridge county, Va. He was governor of Virginia from 1842 to 1845; and from 1845 to 1851 was a representative in congress from the eleventh congressional district of Virginia. He died Aug. 24, 1851, in Lexington, Ky.
Mcdowell, James Foster
lawyer, journalist, congressman, was born Dec. 3, 1825, in Mifflin county, Pa. In 1851 he settled in Indiana and established the Marion Journal. He was a presidential elector in 1852; and in 1862 was elected a representative from Indiana to the thirtyeighth congress.
Mcdowell, John
clergyman, author, was born Sept. 10, 1780, in Bedminster, N.
J. He was a trustee of Princeton in New Jersey for more than fifty years, and of the Theological seminary there from its foundation, and as agent of both institutions he collected sums for their endowment. His works are, A Bible-Class Manual; and A System of Theology. He died in February, 1863, in Philadelphia, Pa.