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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyWilliam McADOO
(1853-1930)
McADOO, William, a
Representative from New Jersey; born near Ramelton, County Donegal,
Ireland, October 25, 1853; immigrated to the United States with his
parents, who settled in Jersey City, N.J., in 1865; attended the
common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1874 and
commenced practice in Jersey City, N.J.; employed as a newspaper
reporter 1870-1875; member of the State house of assembly in 1882;
elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and to the three
succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1891); chairman,
Committee on the Militia (Fiftieth Congress); unsuccessful
candidate for renomination in 1890; moved to New York City in 1892
and resumed the practice of law; appointed by President Grover
Cleveland as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and served from March
20, 1893, to April 18, 1897, when he resigned; police commissioner
of New York City in 1904 and 1905; again resumed the practice of
law and also engaged in literary pursuits; appointed by Mayor
Gaynor as chief magistrate of the city magistrates’ courts,
first division, city of New York, July 1, 1910, in which capacity
he served until his death in New York City, June 7, 1930; interment
in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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