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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OhioJohn A. McMAHON
(1833-1923)
McMAHON, John A., (nephew
of Clement Laird Vallandigham), a Representative from Ohio; born in
Frederick County, Md., February 19, 1833; pursued academic studies;
graduated from St. Xavier’s College, Cincinnati, in 1849;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1854 and commenced practice
in Dayton, Ohio; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in
1872 and 1904; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth,
Forty-fifth, and Forty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3,
1881); one of the managers appointed by the House of
Representatives in 1876 to conduct the impeachment proceedings
against William W. Belknap, Secretary of War; unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress;
resumed the practice of his profession in Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; served as president of the Ohio State Bar Association
in 1886; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States
Senate in 1889; died in Dayton, Ohio, March 8, 1923; interment in
Woodland Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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