Joseph E. McDonald

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Joseph E. McDonald

Congressman
In office March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1851
Indiana Attorney General
In office 1856–1860
United States Senator from Indiana
In office March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1881
Preceded by	Daniel D. Pratt
Succeeded by	Benjamin Harrison
Personal details
Born	August 29, 1819 Butler County, Ohio
Died	June 21, 1891(1891-06-21) (aged 71) Indianapolis, Indiana
Alma mater	Wabash College, Asbury University
Profession	Politician, Lawyer, Saddler

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

References

Joseph E. McDonald at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States 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

v t e United States Senators from Indiana

Class 1	Noble Hanna Tipton White Bright Wright Turpie T. Hendricks Pratt McDonald Harrison Turpie Beveridge Kern New Ralston Robinson Minton Willis Jenner Hartke Lugar Donnelly

Class 3	Taylor W. Hendricks Smith Hannegan Whitcomb Cathcart Pettit Fitch Lane Morton Voorhees Fairbanks Hemenway Shively Taggart Watson Van Nuys Jackson Jenner Capehart Bayh II Quayle Coats Bayh III Coats

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 41020987 LCCN: n91080719

Persondata
Name	McDonald, Joseph E.
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	August 29, 1819
Place of birth	Butler County, Ohio
Date of death	June 21, 1891
Place of death	Indianapolis, Indiana

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