Ebenezer McJunkin

Ebenezer McJunkin (March 28, 1819 – November 10, 1907) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[1]

Ebenezer McJunkin
McJunkin in 1883
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 23rd district
In office
March 4, 1871 (1871-03-04) – January 1, 1875 (1875-01-01)
Preceded byDarwin Phelps
Succeeded byJohn M. Thompson
Personal details
Born(1819-03-28)March 28, 1819
Center Township, Pennsylvania
DiedNovember 10, 1907(1907-11-10) (aged 88)
Political partyRepublican
Alma materJefferson College
OccupationAttorney, judge

Biography

Ebenezer McJunkin was born at Center Top, in Butler County, Pennsylvania on March 28, 1819. He graduated from Jefferson College (now Washington & Jefferson College) in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania in 1841.[2]

He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1843, and commenced practice in Butler, Pennsylvania.[3]

He subsequently served as deputy attorney general for Butler County, Pennsylvania in 1850, and was a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention. During the American Civil War, he served as a first lieutenant of a militia unit.[4]

McJunkin was elected as a Republican to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy during the Forty-third Congress.[5]

He resigned January 1, 1875 in order to serve as president judge of the seventeenth judicial district of Pennsylvania from 1875 to 1885. He then resumed the practice of his profession until 1900, when he retired.[6]

Death and interment

He died in Butler, Pennsylvania on November 10, 1907, and was interred in North Cemetery.[7]

References
  1. "McJunkin, Ebenezer" (M000487), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington, D.C.: Offices of the Historians of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, retrieved online February 24, 2023.
  2. "McJunkin, Ebenezer" (M000487), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  3. "McJunkin, Ebenezer" (M000487), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  4. "McJunkin, Ebenezer" (M000487), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  5. "McJunkin, Ebenezer" (M000487), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  6. "McJunkin, Ebenezer" (M000487), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  7. "McJunkin, Ebenezer" (M000487), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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