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| Affiliation | People's |
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| Name | John Louis MacDonald |
| Address |
Shakopee, Minnesota , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
February 22, 1838
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| Died | July 13, 1903
(65 years)
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| Contributor | The Oncoming Storm |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Mar 19, 2024 01:59am |
| Tags |
Scottish -
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| Info | House 1869-70 (District 18)
Senate 1871 (District 18)
Senate 1873-76 (District 21)
EDUCATION
Studied Law; Admitted to the Bar, 1859
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Judge Probate Court, Scott County, Minnesota Elected ??/??/1860 to ??/??/1861
County Attorney Scott County, Minnesota ??/??/1863 to ??/??/1864
School Board/Administration Scott County, Minnesota (Superintendent of Schools) ??/??/1865 to ??/??/1866
Judge 8th Judicial District, Minnesota Elected ??/??/1876 to ??/??/1886
Municipal Mayor Shakopee, Minnesota (City Mayor) ??/??/1876 to ??/??/1???
U.S. Representative 3rd Congressional District, Minnesota Elected 03/04/1887 to 03/03/1889
Mac DONALD, J. L. --Shakopee, Scott County. Dm.
Born in Scotland, 1836; came to the United States in 1846,
but in the meantime had lived a few years in Nova Scotia,
where he was educated. In 1865 he came to Minnesota and
settled at Belle Plaiue, where he studied law with Juclge Chatfield
: admitted to the bar in 1888 ; elected Juclge of Probate in
1859 ; from 1859 to 1860 he edited and published the Belle Plaine
Enquirer, when he purchased the Shnlropee Argus. In 1861 he
retired from newspaper work. In 1868 was elected to the
House, and re-elected in 1869. In 1870 he was elected to the
Senate, and also in 1872. In 1871 he was Democratic candidate
for Attorney General. Married
MacDONALD, John Lewis, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Glasgow, Scotland, February 22, 1838; immigrated to Nova Scotia, Canada, with his parents, who later, in 1847, settled in Pittsburgh, Pa.; moved to Minnesota in 1855 and settled in Scott County; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice at Belle Plain, Minn.; judge of the probate court of Scott County in 1860 and 1861; during the Civil War was commissioned to enlist and muster volunteers for the Union Army; prosecuting attorney of Scott County in 1863 and 1864; county superintendent of schools in 1865 and 1866; member of the State house of representatives in 1869 and 1870; served in the State senate in 1871 and 1873-1876; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for attorney general in 1872; mayor of Shakopee in 1876; elected judge of the eighth judicial district of Minnesota in 1876 for a term of seven years and reelected without opposition in 1883; resigned in the fall of 1886, having been elected to Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1889); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1888 to the Fifty-first Congress; engaged in the practice of his profession in St. Paul, Minn.; moved to Kansas City, Mo., in 1898 and continued the practice of law until his death from injuries received in a streetcar accident July 13, 1903; interment in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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