John A. McMahon
John A. McMahon | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 4th district | |
In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 | |
Preceded by | Lewis B. Gunckel |
Succeeded by | J. Warren Keifer |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 3rd district | |
In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 | |
Preceded by | Mills Gardner |
Succeeded by | Henry Lee Morey |
7th | |
In office December 29, 1886 – December 28, 1887 | |
Preceded by | William J. Gilmore |
Succeeded by | E. P. Green |
Personal details | |
Born | Frederick County, Maryland | February 19, 1833
Died | March 8, 1923 Dayton, Ohio | (aged 90)
Resting place | Woodland Cemetery |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Mollie R. Sprigg |
Children | two |
Alma mater | Xavier |
John A. McMahon (February 19, 1833 – March 8, 1923) was a three-term United States Representative from Ohio from 1875 to 1881. He was the nephew of Clement Vallandigham, another Representative from Ohio.
Biography[]
McMahon was born in Frederick County, Maryland, and graduated from St. Xavier College in 1849. He taught at Xavier for a year, and settled in Dayton, Ohio, in 1852.[1] He studied law with his uncle, Vallandigham, and was admitted to the bar in 1854, forming a partnership with his uncle.[2] In 1861 he formed a partnership with George W. Houk, which lasted 19 years.[2] He was elected to the Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth, and Forty-sixth United States Congresses, from 1875 until 1881.
McMahon was appointed by the House of Representatives as a manager to conduct impeachment proceedings against Secretary of War William W. Belknap. He was unsuccessful for re-election in 1880 and returned to private law practice in Dayton. He served as the president of the Ohio State Bar Association in 1886,[3] and was a losing candidate for the Senate in 1889. He died in Dayton and was buried in Woodland Cemetery.
McMahon was married January 23, 1861, to Mollie R. Sprigg, of Cumberland, Maryland.[1] They had a son, J. Sprigg McMahon, and daughter, Louise McMahon.[4]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Reed, George Irving; Randall, Emilius Oviatt; Greve, Charles Theodore, eds. (1897). Bench and Bar of Ohio: a Compendium of History and Biography. 2. Chicago: Century Publishing and Engraving Company. pp. 312–314.
- ^ Jump up to: a b , ed. (1913). The Democratic party of the state of Ohio: a comprehensive history. 2. The Ohio Publishing Company. pp. 19–21.
- ^ Reports ... Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Association ...., Volume 9. Ohio Bar association. 1888. p. 99.
- ^ Randall, Emilius; Ryan, Daniel Joseph (1915). History of Ohio: the Rise and Progress of an American State. 6. New York: The Century History Company. p. 286.
- 1833 births
- 1923 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
- People from Frederick County, Maryland
- Politicians from Dayton, Ohio
- Burials at Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum
- Xavier University alumni
- Ohio Democrats
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- Sprigg family
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio