Background
MACVICAR, John 5 Secretary League of American Municipalities since 1902 was born in 1859 in Galt, Ontario. Son of John MacVicar, Scotland, and Mary M‘Ewen, Scotland.
MACVICAR, John 5 Secretary League of American Municipalities since 1902 was born in 1859 in Galt, Ontario. Son of John MacVicar, Scotland, and Mary M‘Ewen, Scotland.
Studied at Public Schools, Erie, Pennsylvania. Recorder Town of North Des Moines, la.,1888.
Mayor, 1889. Mayor, City of Des Moines, la., 1896-1900.
President League of American Municipalities, 1897. Member of the City Council and Superintendent of Department of Streets and Public Improvements, Des Moines.
M. 1884, Nettie M. Nash.