McPherson, Edward

Life Span
to
Full name
Edward McPherson
Place of Birth
Gettysburg, PA
Burial Place
Evergreen Cemetery, Gettysburg, PA
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
Thirty-Seventh Congress of the United States
Thirty-Eighth Congress of the United States
Date Title
Edward McPherson, Description of "An Act to Amend the Criminal Law of South Carolina," December 19, 1865
Date Title
An Act to protect all Persons in the United States in their Civil Rights, and to furnish the means for their Vindication, April 9, 1866
How to Cite This Page: "McPherson, Edward," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/42724.