William Josiah MacDonald
William Josiah MacDonald (* 17th November 1873 in Potosi , Grant County , Wisconsin ; † 29. March 1946 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American politician of the Progressive Party and a member of the US House of Representatives from Michigan .
Life
After graduating from Fairmont High School , he studied at the University of Minnesota and law at the Georgetown University Law School . After being admitted to the bar, he began practicing law in Calumet in 1895 , before he was prosecuting attorney ( Prosecuting Attorney ) of Keweenaw County from 1898 to 1904 and then from 1906 to 1912 prosecutor of Houghton County .
In August 1913 he successfully competed for the Progressive Party as a challenger against the previous Republican incumbent H. Olin Young in the 12th congressional electoral district of Michigan and was then from August 26, 1913 to March 3, 1915 a member of the House of Representatives of the United States . Both in 1914 and 1916 his candidacies for the 65th and 66th US Congresses failed .
He then took up his practice as a lawyer in Springfield in 1917 and finally settled as a lawyer in East St. Louis in 1922 .
Web links
- William Josiah MacDonald in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
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SURNAME | MacDonald, William Josiah |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1873 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Potosi , Grant County , Wisconsin |
DATE OF DEATH | March 29, 1946 |
Place of death | Chicago , Illinois |