The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-28

1919; was graduated Doctor OF Medicine
ut the University OF Pennsylvania IN 1889.
aud cailed to The Philadelphia bar In lH42,
but has mainly pursued authorship and
journalism; III 1663-64 served in the New
Jersey Legislature; in 1876 received the
degree Of Doctor OF Laws from Mary
College. Virginia.; was elected to the
tifty-second Congress as a Democrat, re-
ceivinq 23, 2T5 votes, against 81, 46S votes
for Elias VI. Condit. Republican, and 800
votes for John II. Anderson, Prohibit
ZIONIST"
MAN You L KNOW.
Edward Francis Mcdonald, OF Harri-
son, the chosen. represen tative OF the Sew
enth district, the county OF hudson, in-
GLIDING the cities of Jersey City and
Hobokeu, records that he
WAS born In Ireland on September 81,
1874, and came to this country with his
parents during his infancy; his education
was obtained in the public schools; Is a
skilled mechanic. having learned the
trace of machinist. which he followed mp
to 1875; was elected to the New Jersey
Assembly In 1874; in 1877 was elected
Director-at-Large of the Board OF Chosen
Freeholders of Hudson county, . re-
elected in 1879, serving four years; In 1854
was chosen Presidential Elector by the
Democratic State Convention, but de-
clined the office; in 1889 was elected State
Senator, but was unseated for purely
partisan reasons; was restored 10
his seat by the next Senate, and
resigned to begin his term as Con-
gressman; was a soldier in the late
Civil War, existing In 1861, before he
was seventeen years old. In the Seventh
Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, serv-
ing under Mcclellan and Hooker; Is
largely interested IN the business of real
estate; was Town Treasurer for ten years.
until he declined a further election; was
elected to the Fifty-second Congress as a
Democrat, receiving 21,875 votes. against
16. 761 votes for Thomas McEwen, Repub-
lican, and 44S votes for Brown, Prohibit
ZIONIST"
OF these seven Congressman four were
members OF the Fifty.first Congress and
are well known. Mr.. Mcdonald has
aroused much quiet interest as to- what
kind of a fellow he Is, because he figures
as the knocker out of McAdoo. who was
very popular among the Democrats. es-
p~ecially the southerners. His bright wit
and pleasing individuality nave already
won him many friends, aud McAdoo's old
chums are quite forgiving him for pre-
venting the return of their favorite. DIR.
Thomas Dunn English has also been
anxious to meet him both as Herman
Lehlbach's successor and as q shining
literary man.
The homes of the New JERSEY members
are scattered throughout Washington.
Mr.. Bergen resided last year at the
Irvington. but has not yet recorded his
abode in the last directory. Mr..
Buchanan resided last year at No. GAL M
street, n. w, but does not give his ad-
dress this season. Mr.. Cadmus Is living
at the Arlington and SC is Mr.. Geissen-
hainer. DIR. English has McKinley's old
rooms at the Ebbitt House, and Mr.. Nc
Donald has taken Mr.. Lehlbach's former
apartments at the Congressional Hotel.
MIR. Fowler's address has not yet been
decided upon.
Three of New Jerseys Representatives
expect to entertain this winter. Miss
English Is spending the season with DIR.
English, Mrs. Buchanan is with the men,
Der from Trenton. aud Mr.. Geissenhainer
will nave Mrs. G~eissenhainer and Miss
Geissenhainer with him during the Win
ter's gayeties.