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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyAllan Langdon McDERMOTT
(1854-1908)
McDERMOTT, Allan Langdon,
a Representative from New Jersey; born in South Boston, Mass.,
March 30, 1854; attended the common schools; was graduated from the
law department of New York University; was admitted to the bar in
the November term in 1877 and commenced practice in Jersey City,
N.J.; corporation attorney of Jersey City 1879-1883; member of the
State house of assembly in 1880 and 1881; district court judge
1883-1886; president of the Jersey City Board of Finance and
Taxation 1883-1886; member of the State board of taxation
1884-1886; chairman of the New Jersey State Democratic committee
1885-1895; member of the commission to revise the constitution of
New Jersey in 1894; candidate of the Democratic legislative caucus
for United States Senator in 1895 and 1902; delegate at large to
the Democratic National Convention in 1896; member of the State
senate in 1899 and 1900; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth
Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William B.
Daly; reelected to the Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, and Fifty-ninth
Congresses and served from December 3, 1900, to March 3, 1907; was
not a candidate for renomination in 1906; died in Jersey City,
N.J., October 26, 1908; interment in Hoboken Cemetery, North
Bergen, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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