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Life Summary
Full name
Edward McPherson
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
5
Family
John Bayard McPherson (father), Catherine Lenhart McPherson (mother), Annie D. Crawford (wife)
Other Education
Pennsylvania College (PA)
Occupation
Politician
Attorney or Judge
Businessman
Journalist
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Whig
Republican
Other Affiliation
Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association
Government
Lincoln Administration (1861-65)
Hayes Administration (1877-81)
US House of Representatives
