Background
Richard Randolph McMahon was born in Alexandria, Virginia on July 30, 1852.
Richard Randolph McMahon was born in Alexandria, Virginia on July 30, 1852.
He graduated from Georgetown University and became a professor of English and Latin.
In 1877 he moved to Taylor County, West Virginia, where he worked as a newspaper columnist while studying law. In 1878 McMahon was appointed to the staff of Governor Henry M. Mathews with the rank of Colonel. A Democrat, in 1881 he became an attorney and was appointed to a position in the office of the United States Comptroller of the Treasury in the administration of Grover Cleveland.
Beginning in 1885 McMahon practiced law in Washington, District of Columbia and Harper"s Ferry.
In the 1890s McMahon became a Republican. In addition to attending numerous party conventions at the local, state and national levels as a Delegate, McMahon served on the West Virginia University Board of Regents during the administration of Governor George West. Atkinson.
In 1922 McMahon was appointed Solicitor of the Treasury, and he served until 1926. McMahon died in Harper"s Ferry on April 19, 1935.
Republican Party, Democratic Party.
McMahon was also a longtime member of the Columbia Hospital for Women"s Board of Directors, and was President of the board from 1908 to 1914.