Joseph E. McDonald

Joseph Ewing McDonald (August 29, 1819 – June 21, 1891) was a United States Representative and Senator from Indiana.

Joseph E. McDonald
United States senator
from Indiana
In office
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881
Preceded byDaniel D. Pratt
Succeeded byBenjamin Harrison
Attorney General of Indiana
In office
1856–1860
GovernorJoseph A. Wright
Ashbel P. Willard
Preceded byJames Morrison
Succeeded byJames G. Jones
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Indiana's 8th district
In office
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
Preceded byJohn Pettit
Succeeded byDaniel Mace
Personal details
Born
Joseph Ewing McDonald

August 29, 1819
Butler County, Ohio
DiedJune 21, 1891(1891-06-21) (aged 71)
Indianapolis, Indiana
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materWabash College, Asbury University
ProfessionPolitician, Lawyer, Saddler

Life and career

McDonald was born in Butler County, Ohio, the son of Eleanor (Piatt) and John McDonald. He moved with his mother to Montgomery County, Indiana in 1826 and apprenticed to the saddler's trade when twelve years of age in Lafayette, Indiana. He attended Wabash College, (Crawfordsville) and graduated from Asbury University (Greencastle, Indiana; now DePauw University) in 1840. He studied law in Lafayette and was admitted to the bar in 1843, after which he practiced. He was prosecuting attorney from 1843 to 1847 and in the latter year moved to Crawfordsville where he practiced law until 1859.

McDonald was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first Congress, serving from March 4, 1849 to March 3, 1851. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1850, and was elected attorney general of Indiana in 1856 and was reelected in 1858. He moved to Indianapolis in 1859, was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Indiana in 1864, and was elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1881. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection. While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Public Lands (Forty-sixth Congress).

McDonald died in Indianapolis in 1891; interment was in Crown Hill Cemetery.

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References
  • United States Congress. "Joseph E. McDonald (id: M000412)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Thomas A. Hendricks		 Democratic nominee for Governor of Indiana
1864		 Succeeded by
Thomas A. Hendricks
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
John Pettit		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Indiana's 8th congressional district
March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851		 Succeeded by
Daniel Mace
U.S. Senate
Preceded by
Daniel D. Pratt		 U.S. senator (Class 1) from Indiana
1875–1881
Served alongside: Oliver P. Morton, Daniel W. Voorhees		 Succeeded by
Benjamin Harrison
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