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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaWilliam Forgy McNAGNY
(1850-1923)
McNAGNY, William Forgy, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Talmadge, Summit County, Ohio,
April 19, 1850; moved in early life to Whitley County, Ind.;
attended the public schools and the Springfield Academy, South
Whitley, Ind.; taught school; worked on his father’s farm for
six years; station agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. at
Larwill, Ind., 1868-1875; studied law; was admitted to the bar in
1875 and commenced practice in Columbia City, Whitley County, Ind.;
elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4,
1893-March 3, 1895); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894
to the Fifty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law in
Columbia City, Ind., and died there August 24, 1923; interment in
Masonic Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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