Duncan E. McKinlay

Duncan E. McKinlay (1910)

Duncan E. McKinlay (born October 6, 1862 in Orillia , Ontario , Canada , †  December 30, 1914 in Berkeley , California ) was an American politician . Between 1905 and 1911 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Duncan McKinlay attended public schools in his home country. Later he was in Flint ( Michigan ), San Francisco , Santa Rosa and Sacramento worked as a carriage painter. After completing a law degree and being admitted to the bar in 1892, he began to work in this profession in Santa Rosa. Between 1901 and 1907 he was employed by the San Francisco Federal Attorney's Office. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party .

In the congressional elections of 1904 McKinlay was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of California , where he succeeded Theodore A. Bell on March 4, 1915 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1911 . In 1910 he was not reconfirmed. After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Duncan McKinlay was the head of customs in the port of San Francisco. He died in Berkeley on December 30, 1914.

Web links

• Duncan E. McKinlay in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Duncan E. McKinlay in the database of Find a Grave (English)