William Josiah MacDonald, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

William Josiah MacDonald

American politician

Date of Birth: 17-Nov-1873

Place of Birth: Grant County, Wisconsin, United States

Date of Death: 29-Mar-1946

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About William Josiah MacDonald

  • William Josiah MacDonald (November 17, 1873 – March 29, 1946) was a politician from the U.S.
  • state of Michigan. MacDonald was born in Potosi, Wisconsin.
  • He attended the common schools and graduated from the high school at Fairmont, Minnesota.
  • He attended the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis and Georgetown Law School in Washington, D.C.
  • He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice at Calumet, Michigan in 1895.
  • He served as prosecuting attorney for Keweenaw County from 1898 to 1904 and prosecuting attorney for Houghton County from 1906 to 1912.
  • In 1911, he was an unsuccessful candidate for circuit judge in the 12th District of Michigan. In 1912, MacDonald ran as a candidate for the Progressive Party against incumbent Republican H.
  • Olin Young to the United States House of Representatives from the Michigan's 12th congressional district.
  • Although unofficial returns showed that MacDonald had won the seat, some votes were not included in the official count by the state board of canvassers due to a mistake in how MacDonald's name appeared on the ballot in Ontonagon County.
  • H.
  • Olin Young presented credentials as a Member-elect to the 63rd United States Congress and served from March 4, 1913, until his resignation, effective May 16, 1913, while a contest for the seat was pending.
  • Subsequently, the House Committee on Elections unanimously reported a resolution to the full house awarding the 12th District seat to MacDonald, who took the oath of office August 26, 1913 and served until March 3, 1915.
  • In 1914 and again in 1916, MacDonald lost to Republican William F.
  • James.
  • MacDonald and Roy O.
  • Woodruff (10th district) were the only two Michigan residents elected to the U.S.
  • House from the Progressive Party. MacDonald resumed the practice of law in Springfield, Illinois in 1917.
  • He moved to East St.
  • Louis, Illinois in 1922 and engaged in the practice of his profession.
  • William J.
  • MacDonald died in Chicago and was interred in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago.

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