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  McLachlan, James
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AffiliationRepublican   
NameJames McLachlan
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Glendale, California , United States
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Born August 01, 1852
DiedNovember 21, 1940 (88 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Jul 28, 2015 09:10pm
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InfoMcLACHLAN, James, a Representative from California; born in Argyllshire, Scotland, August 1, 1852; immigrated to the United States in 1855 with his parents, who settled in Tompkins County, N.Y.; reared on a farm and attended the public schools; taught in the public schools; elected school commissioner of Tompkins County, N.Y., in 1877; was graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., in 1878; studied law; was admitted to practice before the supreme court of New York in 1880; practiced in Ithaca, N.Y., 1881-1888; moved to Pasadena, Calif., in 1888, and there continued the practice of law; district attorney of Los Angeles County 1890-1892; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress; elected to the Fifty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1901-March 3, 1911); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress; resumed the practice of his profession in Los Angeles, Calif., served as a member of the National Monetary Commission in 1911 and 1912; died in Los Angeles, Calif., November 21, 1940; interment in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.


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