Background
Mcdonough, James Buchanan was born on November 24, 1865 in Bloomer, Arkansas, United States. Son of Wesley Farmer and Sarena (Smith) Mc.D.
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James Buchanan Mcdonough
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Student Buckner College, Witcherville, Arkansas. Bachelor of Arts, University of Arkansas, 1886.
Career
Step-sons—John South. Robins and Delma H. Robins. Admitted to Arkansas bar, 1889, and began practice at Fort Smith. Attorney Kansas City.S. Railway since 1903.
President Arkansas Western Railway Company, Fort Smith & Van Buren Railway Company.
General counsel Fort Smith, Subiaco & Rock Island Railroad Company. Director and attorney City National Bank.
Assistant United State Attorneys Western District of Arkansas, 1893-1897. Prosecuting attorney 12th District of Arkansas, 1892.
Member Arkansas House of Representatives, 1887-1889.
Successfully prosecuted in the United States Court, 1914, the case of the Coronado Coal Company et al. versus the United Mine Workers of America, successfully establishing the principle, previously unkown in jurisprudence, that under the Sherman and Clayton acts of Congress unicorporated associations might be sued for violations of said acts of Congress.
Achievements
Membership
Member American and Arkansas State bar associations, Academy Political Science, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Rotary, Hardscrabble Country.
Connections
Married Sara Mason Martin, April. Married second, May Robins, 1922. Children: Lucy Mason (Mistress Joseph R. Brown), James Buchanan, John Martin.
