Biografia

• Born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Graduate of Pennsylvania College in 1848. Editor and proprietor of the Gettysburg Sentinel. He served as a member of Congress 1859 to 1863.

  In 1863 he became deputy commissioner of internal revenue at the Treasury Department. He was a regent of the Smithsonian Institution. Served as clerk of the House of Representatives 1863 to 1873 and again 1881 to 1883. He was a member of the Republican National Committee 1860 to 1864. He served as 4th Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from May 1, 1877, through September 30, 1878. Owner of a newspaper in Gettysburg.

  McPherson was the author of several books on U.S. history and the Civil War period. He died in Gettysburg.

  bio: ApCAB; BDC; DAB; Drake; Limpert; NCAB 4; WWWA-H; BEP Website (phptp)

Data de nascimento

• 1830-07-31

Local de nascimento

• Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Data da morte

• 1895-12-14

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