Clinton Dugald MacDougall

Education

He pursued an academic course, studied law, and engaged in banking from 1856 to 1869.

Career

He was commissioned captain in the 75th New York Volunteer Infantry on September 16, 1861. Lieutenant colonel of the 111th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, August 20, 1862. Colonel January 3, 1863.

And brevet brigadier general of Volunteers February 25, 1865.

He was honorably mustered out on June 4, 1865. In 1869 he was appointed postmaster of Auburn.

MacDougall was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1877. He represented New York"s 25th congressional district and New York"s 26th congressional district.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1876.

He served as United States Marshal of the northern judicial district of New York from 1877 to 1885 and from 1901 to 1910. He died in Paris, France in 1914. Interment was in Arlington National Cemetery.

Connections

Father:

Dugald M.

Mother:

Margaret (MacKendrick) M.

Spouse:

Eva Sabine

Spouse:

Marianna Cook