Andrew McBurney
American politician
Andrew Graham McBurney
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8th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio | |
In office
January 8, 1866 – January 13, 1868 |
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Governor | Jacob Dolson Cox |
Preceded by | Charles Anderson |
Succeeded by | John C. Lee |
Personal details | |
Born |
(
1817-11-13
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November 13, 1817
Montgomery, Ohio |
Died |
April 23, 1894
(1894-04-23)
(aged
76)
Lebanon, Ohio |
Resting place | Lebanon |
Political party | Republican |
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Andrew Graham McBurney (November 13, 1817 – April 23, 1894) [1] was an American Republican politician who served as the eighth lieutenant governor of Ohio from 1866 to 1868. [2]
Biography
McBurney was born in 1815 near Montgomery, Ohio , and was the eldest son of James and Magdalen Falen McBurney. The family soon moved to Lebanon, Ohio , where McBurney finished his apprenticeship as a cabinet-maker in 1836. [3] He read law in 1840, and was admitted to the bar 1843. [3] He became a law partner to Thomas Corwin . [4]
Career
McBurney was a Democrat until the start of the Civil War , when he became a Republican. [3] In 1861 and 1863, he was elected to the Ohio Senate , representing the Second District ( Butler and Warren counties ) in the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth General Assembly. [5]
In 1865, he was elected Lieutenant Governor, serving one term. [6] He was an elector on the Grant / Colfax ticket in 1868, but did not again participate in Politics. In 1871 he was co-counsel with Clement Vallandigham in a murder trial. He was the only witness to see Vallandigham accidentally shoot himself to death in the Golden Lamb Inn . [4] He died 1894 in Lebanon. [3] McBurney is buried in Lebanon. [4]
References
- ↑
- ↑ "Lieutenant Governors Of The State Of Ohio: 1852 - Present" . Ohio Secretary of State . Archived from the original on 2018-10-05 . Retrieved 2012-01-24 .
- 1 2 3 4 Smith 1898 : 212
- 1 2 3 "Notable Warren Countians" . Warren County Historical Society . Retrieved 2012-08-07 .
- ↑ Ohio 1917 : 240
- ↑ 1865 election McBurney 224,943 Democrat William Lang 193,510 from Smith 1898 : 209
External links
- Smith, Joseph P, ed. (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio . Vol. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company.
- Ohio General Assembly (1917). Manual of legislative practice in the General Assembly . State of Ohio.
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Preceded by |
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio
1866-1868 |
Succeeded by |
Ohio Senate | ||
Preceded
by
Thomas Moore
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Senator from 2nd District
1862-1865 |
Succeeded by |