Background
Mcdermott, Edward John was born on October 29, 1852 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Son of William and Catherine (Byrne) M.
Mcdermott, Edward John was born on October 29, 1852 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Son of William and Catherine (Byrne) M.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Louisville, 1871. Student Queen's College, Belfast, Ireland, 1 year, University of Göttingen, 1 year. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1876.
Doctor of Laws, Kentucky State University, 1913, also Notre Dame University, Indiana, 1917.
Honorary John West. Barr, October 15, 1895. Children—Susan Barr (Mistress Raymond Gordon Clarke), Edward J., Catherine Watson. In practice at Louisville, since 1876.
Member Kentucky House of Representatives, 1880.
Presidential elector, 1880. Member Constitutional Convention, 1890.
United States chief supervisor of elections for Kentucky, 1888. Chairman of Commission of 3 that prepared present charter of Louisville, 1892.
Lieutenant governor of Kentucky, term 1911-1915.
Professor of law University of Louisville, since 1919.
Member of executive board American Institute Criminal Law and Criminology, 1913, 14, 15. Grand Knight of Knights of Columbus.
Married Susan Rogers, daughter Children: Susan Barr (Mistress Raymond Gordon Clarke), Edward J., Catherine Watson.