Biography

01/18/1852 - 07/24/1929

Martin Luther McQuown (R34) Centre, Clearfield and Clinton Counties 1895-1898

Early Life:

 Martin Luther McQuown, born January 18, 1852, Marchand, Indiana County, Pennsylvania; son of William and Margaret Ann Shields McQuown moved to New Washington. Clearfield County, followed farming and lumbering, 1867; New Washington Academy, during summers, 1871 and 1872; Curwensville Normal School during summer sessions, 1874 and 1875; teacher, public schools, 1871-1878; married, Virginia Flegal McQuown, 1878, children, Alice McQuown Bartles, Mary McQuown Ray, John Flegal McQuown; elected, superintendent, public schools, Clearfield County, 1878-1884; studied law, Murray and Gordon, Clearfield, admitted, Clearfield County bar, 1884; elected, chairman, Republican Clearfield County Committee, 1890-1895; purchased, Raftsman's Journal, Clearfield County, from S. J. Row and Son, 1890; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1895-1898; delegate, Republican National Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1900; died, July 24, 1929 (aged 76), Seattle, King County, Washington; interment, Hillcrest Cemetery, Clearfield, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 34th district, Centre, Clearfield and Clinton Counties, 1895-1898; committee assignments, Congressional Apportionment, Elections, Forestry, Game and Fisheries, Judicial Apportionment, Judiciary General, Mines and Mining, Public Printing.

Delegate, Republican National Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1900.

Cited:

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

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1898). Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Miller, H.P. (Assistant Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1164, 1169-1171, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 1138.

The Indiana Weekly Messenger (Indiana, Pennsylvania) Thursday, August 01, 1929, Page 5.

Martin Luther McQuown (1853-1929) - Find a Grave Memorial