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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyEdward Francis McDONALD
(1844-1892)
McDONALD, Edward Francis,
a Representative from New Jersey; born in Ireland September 21,
1844; immigrated to the United States when six years of age with
his parents, who settled in Newark, N.J.; attended the public
schools; during the Civil War enlisted in Company I, Seventh
Regiment, New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, in 1861; was honorably
discharged in 1862; learned the machinist trade and became a
skilled mechanic; moved to Harrison, N.J., in 1874; member of the
State house of assembly in 1874; director at large of the Board of
Chosen Freeholders of Hudson County in 1877; reelected in 1879 and
served four years; presented credentials as a member-elect to the
State senate in 1890 and served throughout the session until the
last day, when he was unseated, but was restored to the seat in the
following session; interested in real estate business; treasurer of
Harrison, Hudson County, N.J., in 1881; elected as a Democrat to
the Fifty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1891, until his
death in Harrison, N.J., November 5, 1892; interment in Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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