Edward W. McGaughey

Edward W. McGaughey, Indiana Congressman.

Edward Wilson McGaughey (January 16, 1817 – August 6, 1852) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.

McGaughey was born near Greencastle, Indiana and attended the public schools. He was the Deputy clerk of Putnam County. He was admitted to the bar in 1835 and commenced practice in Greencastle, Indiana. He served as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives in 1839 and 1840, and in the Indiana State Senate for the session from December 5, 1842 to February 13, 1843. He resigned before the beginning of the next session, and was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Twenty-eighth Congress.

He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress. He moved to Rockville, Indiana, in 1846 and resumed the practice of law.

McGaughey was elected to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851), and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress. He was nominated by President Taylor as Governor of Minnesota Territory in 1849, but the Senate failed to confirm the nomination.

He moved to California in 1852. He died in San Francisco, California, August 6, 1852, and was interred in Yerba Buena Cemetery.

References

• Edward W. McGaughey at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Joseph A. Wright	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 7th congressional district 1845–1847	Succeeded by Richard W. Thompson
Preceded by Richard W. Thompson	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 7th congressional district 1849–1851	Succeeded by John G. Davis