Moses Macdonald

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Moses Macdonald
Member of U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855
Preceded by Elbridge Gerry
Succeeded by John M. Wood
Maine State Treasurer
In office
1847–1850
Member of the Maine State Senate
In office
1847–1848
Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives
In office
1845–1846
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
In office
1841–1843
Personal details
Born (1815-04-08)April 8, 1815
Limerick, Maine
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Saco, Maine
Resting place Laurel Hill Cemetery, Saco, Maine
Nationality American
Political party Democratic

Moses Macdonald (April 8, 1815 – October 18, 1869) was an American attorney and Democratic politician in the U.S. state of Maine. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, the Maine State Senate and as Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives during the 1800s.

Early life and career

Macdonald was born in Limerick, Maine (which became Maine in 1820) and was the son of major General John Macdonald and Lydia Wiley Macdonald.[1] He received an academic education and attended Phillips Academy.[2] He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1837 and began the practice of law in Biddeford, Maine in 1837.[3]

Political career

He served as a member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1841, 1842, and 1845.[4] He was the Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives in 1845 and served in the Maine Senate in 1847.[5] He was the Maine State Treasurer from 1847-1850.[6]

Macdonald was elected as a Democratic candidate to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses, serving from March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855.[7] He was chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims during the Thirty-second Congress.

After leaving Congress, he was appointed collector of customs at Portland, Maine by President James Buchanan in 1857 and served until 1861.[8] He died in Saco, Maine in 1869 at the age of 54 and was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery there.[9]

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Political offices
Preceded by 17th Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives
1845-1846		 Succeeded by
Ebenezer Knowlton
Preceded by Treasurer of Maine
1847–1849		 Succeeded by
Samuel Cony
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 1st congressional district
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855		 Succeeded by
John M. Wood

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