John McDonald (Maryland)

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John McDonald (May 24, 1837 – January 30, 1917) was an American soldier and politician.

Born in Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland, McDonald attended local schools. He immigrated to the United States and enlisted in the United States Army at Boston, Massachusetts in 1857. He joined his regiment in Arizona, and served in the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac throughout the American Civil War. After the war, McDonald was ordered to the West, where he again took part in several campaigns against hostile Native Americans. He retired as a captain of Cavalry on July 1, 1868 for disabilities incurred in the line of service

After his retirement from the military, McDonald settled in Maryland and was elected as a Republican to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1881. He was later elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress, and served from March 4, 1897 to March 3, 1899. He engaged in agricultural pursuits near Potomac, Maryland, and died in Rockville, Maryland. He is interred in Union Cemetery.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by George Louis Wellington

Representative of the 6th Congressional District of Maryland 1897—1899

Succeeded by George Alexander Pearre