Biography

06/10/1818 - 11/06/1892

David Maclay (R27) Armstrong, Clarion, Forest and Jefferson Counties 1873-1874 (R38) Cameron, Clarion, Elk and Forest Counties 1875

Early Life: 

David Maclay, born June 10, 1818, Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania; son of William Plunket and Jane Holmes Maclay; engaged, farming; Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 18th Regiment, Civil War, 1862; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1873-1875; married Elizabeth Plunket Richardson, 1846; children, Jane Holmes Maclay, Mary Porter Maclay, William Plunket Maclay, Margaret Richardson Maclay, Samuel Maclay, Elizabeth Plunket Maclay, Sarah Brown Maclay, David Richardson Maclay, Anna Maclay, Harriet Patton Maclay; died, November 6, 1892 (age 74), Missoula, Missoula County, Montana; interment, Missoula Cemetery, Missoula, Missoula County, Montana. 

Early Career:

Farmer. Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 18th Regiment, Civil War, 1862. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 27th district, Armstrong, Clarion, Forest and Jefferson Counties, 1873-1874. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 38th district, Cameron, Clarion, Elk and Forest Counties, 1875; committee assignments Canals and Inland Navigation, Mine and Mining (Chairman) and Public Buildings. 

Cited: 

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members M". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1875). Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 602, 606-609.

David Maclay (1818-1892) - Find a Grave Memorial