Clinton D. MacDougall

Clinton D. MacDougall

Clinton Dugald MacDougall (born June 14, 1839 near Glasgow , Scotland , † May 24, 1914 in Paris , France ) was an American officer and politician . Between 1873 and 1877 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

The family emigrated to Canada in 1842 , but later settled in Auburn, New York. MacDougall had an academic career. He studied law . Between 1856 and 1869 he did banking. During the civil war he fought for the northern states . On September 16, 1861, he enlisted in the 75th  Regiment of the New York Volunteer Infantry . At the beginning he held the rank of captain . On August 20, 1862, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the 111th Regiment of the New York Volunteer Infantry . Then on January 3, 1863, he was appointed Colonel . On February 25, 1865, he was promoted to Brevet - Brigadier General of Volunteers . He was honorably retired on June 4, 1865. In 1869 he was appointed postmaster in Auburn. Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party .

In the congressional election of 1872 for the 43rd Congress , MacDougall was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 25th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded William H. Lamport on March 4, 1873 . In 1874 he ran in the 26th constituency of New York for the 44th Congress . After a successful election, he succeeded William H. Lamport again on March 4, 1875. He suffered upon a new re-election bid in 1876 a defeat and then retired from the after March 3, 1877 Congress of.

Between 1877 and 1885 and between 1901 and 1910 he served as the US Marshal in the Northern Judicial District of New York. He died in Paris on March 24, 1914 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. About four months later the First World War broke out.

Web links

• Clinton D. MacDougall in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Clinton D. MacDougall in the database of Find a Grave (English)