Edward McPherson

Edward McPherson ( born July 31, 1830 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, † December 14, 1895 ) was an American politician. Between 1859 and 1863 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Edward McPherson attended the public schools of his home. In 1848 he graduated from the Pennsylvania College. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession for a short time. For health reasons he gave that activity again. In the following years he gave in various cities in Pennsylvania newspapers out. He was first a member of the Whig Party and after its dissolution in the 1850s the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1858 McPherson was in the 17th electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the Democrat Wilson Reilly on March 4, 1859. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1863 two legislative sessions. These were minted until 1861 by the events in the immediate run-up to the civil war and then the war itself. In 1862, he was not confirmed.

1863 McPherson worked briefly as Deputy Commissioner of Revenue for the financial management. Between 1863 and 1875, from 1881 to 1883 and again from 1889 to 1891 he held the office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. In June 1876 he was chairman of the Republican National Convention in Cincinnati, was nominated at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Candidate. In the years 1877 and 1878 he headed the Treasury belonging to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Besides, he was still active in the newspaper industry. He died on 14 December 1895 in Gettysburg, where he was also buried. With his wife, Annie Crawford had five children.