Joseph E. McDonald

Joseph E. McDonald
United States Senator from Indiana
In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881
Preceded by	Daniel D. Pratt
Succeeded by	Benjamin Harrison
Attorney General of Indiana
In office 1856–1860
Preceded by	James Morrison
Succeeded by	James G. Jones
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 8th district
In office March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
Preceded by	John Pettit
Succeeded by	Daniel Mace
Personal details
Born	Joseph Ewing McDonald August 29, 1819 Butler County, Ohio
Died	Indianapolis, Indiana
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Wabash College, Asbury University
Profession	Politician, Lawyer, Saddler

Joseph Ewing McDonald (August 29, 1819 – June 21, 1891) was a United States Representative and Senator from Indiana.

Life and career

McDonald was born in Butler County, Ohio, the son of Eleanor (Piatt) and John McDonald. He moved with his mother to Montgomery County, Indiana in 1826 and apprenticed to the saddler’s trade when twelve years of age in Lafayette, Indiana. He attended Wabash College, (Crawfordsville) and graduated from Asbury University (Greencastle, Indiana; now DePauw University) in 1840. He studied law in Lafayette and was admitted to the bar in 1843, after which he practiced. He was prosecuting attorney from 1843 to 1847 and in the latter year moved to Crawfordsville where he practiced law until 1859.

McDonald was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first Congress, serving from March 4, 1849 to March 3, 1851. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1850, and was elected attorney general of Indiana in 1856 and was reelected in 1858. He moved to Indianapolis in 1859, was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Indiana in 1864, and was elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1881. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection. While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Public Lands (Forty-sixth Congress).

McDonald died in Indianapolis in 1891; interment was in Crown Hill Cemetery.

References

• Joseph E. McDonald at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by John Pettit	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 8th congressional district March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	Succeeded by Daniel Mace
United States Senate
Preceded by Daniel D. Pratt	U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Indiana 1875–1881 Served alongside: Oliver P. Morton, Daniel W. Voorhees	Succeeded by Benjamin Harrison

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