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| ”The House of Representatives of the Fifty Third Congress” (detail), The Graphic Chicago, 1893, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives |
McKAIG, William McMahon, a Representative from Maryland;
born in Cumberland, Allegany County, Md., July 29, 1845;
attended the Carroll School and the Allegany County Academy;
studied law;
was admitted to the Allegany bar in 1868;
moved to Colorado Territory in 1873;
returned to Maryland;
appointed city attorney of Cumberland in 1876;
member of the State house of delegates in 1877;
served in the State senate in 1887;
mayor of Cumberland in 1890;
elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895);
was not a candidate for renomination in 1894;
resumed the practice of his profession;
died in Cumberland, Md., June 6, 1907;
interment in Rose Hill Cemetery.
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