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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaEdward Wilson McGAUGHEY
(1817-1852)
McGAUGHEY, Edward Wilson,
a Representative from Indiana; born near Greencastle, Putnam
County, Ind., January 16, 1817; attended the public schools; deputy
clerk of Putnam County; studied law; was admitted to the bar in
1835 and commenced practice in Greencastle, Ind.; member of the
State house of representatives in 1839 and 1840; served in the
State senate for the session December 5, 1842, to February 13,
1843; resigned before the beginning of the next session;
unsuccessful candidate for election to the Twenty-eighth Congress;
elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March
3, 1847); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1846 to the
Thirtieth Congress; moved to Rockville, Parke County, Ind., in 1846
and resumed the practice of law; elected to the Thirty-first
Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress; nominated by
President Taylor as Governor of Minnesota Territory in 1849, but
the Senate failed to confirm the nomination; moved to California in
1852; died in San Francisco, Calif., August 6, 1852; interment in
Yerba Buena Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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