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Edward McPherson

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Born: July 31, 1830

Birthplace: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Father: John Bayard McPherson 1789 – 1858
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)​

Mother: Catherine Lenhart 1791 – 1859
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)​

Wife: Annie Dods Crawford 1834 – 1906
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)​

Children:

John Bruce McPherson 1863 – 1934​
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)​
William Lenhart McPherson 1865 – 1930​
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)​
Norman Crawford McPherson 1869 – 1939​
(Buried: Saint Stephens Episcopal Cemetery, Millborn, New Jersey)
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Donald Paxton McPherson 1870 – 1937​
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)​
Anna Dunlop McPherson Dale 1874 – 1958​
(Buried: Spring Creek Presbyterian, State College, Pennsylvania)​

Political Party: Whig Party and Republican Party

Education:


1848: Graduated from Pennsylvania College​

Occupation before War:

1851: Editor of Harrisburg American​
1851 – 1854: Editor of Independent Whig Newspaper
1855: Editor of Daily Times Newspaper
1859 – 1863: United States Congressman from Pennsylvania​
1859 – 1861: Ranking Member of House Naval Affairs Committee​
1859 – 1861: Member of House Public Buildings and Grounds Committee​
1860: Pennsylvania Delegate to Republican Party National Convention​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1863: Member of House Navy Department Expenditures Committee​
1861 – 1863: Chairman of House Library Committee​
1861 – 1863: Member of House Military Affairs Committee​
1862: Unsuccessful Candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress.​
1863: United States Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue​
1863 – 1875: Clerk of United States House of Representatives​
His House was located on property fought on in Gettysburg.​

Occupation after War:

1876: Permanent President of Republican party National Convention​
1877 – 1878: Director of U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing​
1877 – 1880: Editor of Philadelphia Press Newspaper
1877 – 1895: Editor of New York Tribune Almanac Newspaper
1880 – 1895: Editor and proprietor of a Paper in Gettysburg.​
1881 – 1883: Clerk of United States House of Representatives​
1889 – 1891: Clerk of United States House of Representatives​
American Editor of Almanach de Gotha​
1893: Attorney for complaint against Gettysburg Electric Railway​

Died: December 14, 1895

Place of Death: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Cause of Death: Poison taken in mistake of other medicine

Age at time of Death: 65 years old

Burial Place: Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
 
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