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The Hon. Edward McPherson, Clerk of the House, Harpers Weekly, 1881, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives |
McPHERSON, Edward, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Gettysburg, Pa., July
31, 1830; attended the common schools; was graduated from Pennsylvania College
in 1848; studied law; edited the Harrisburg American in 1851, the Independent
Whig, Lancaster, Pa., 1851-1854, and the Daily Times, Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1855;
elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses
(March 4, 1859-March 3, 1863); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1862 to
the Thirty-eighth Congress; appointed Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue
in 1863; Clerk of the House of Representatives from December 8, 1863, to
December 5, 1875; permanent president of the Republican National Convention in
1876; Director of the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing in 1877
and 1878; editor of the Philadelphia Press 1877-1880; again served as Clerk of
the House of Representatives from December 1881 to December 1883 and from
December 1889 to December 1891; editor and proprietor of a paper in Gettysburg,
Pa., 1880-1895; editor of the New York Tribune Almanac 1877-1895; American
editor of the Almanach de Gotha; died in Gettysburg, Pa., December 14, 1895;
interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
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