Isaac Wayne MacVeagh Signature
This is a signature from Isaac Wayne MacVeagh (1833-1917) was born in Pennsylvania, graduated from Yale University with a law degree, and began his own practice after being admitted to the Pennsylvania bar. From 1859 until 1864 he was district attorney for Chester County.
During the Civil War, MacVeagh became a captain in an emergency infantry, ultimately becoming a major of cavalry in 1863, the same year he served as chairman of the Republican State Committee. At war's end Mac Veagh moved his law practice to Harrisburg, and in 1870 Pres. Ulysses S. Grant appointed him U.S. minister in residence to the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). So disturbed by Grant's handling of the Republican Party, Mac Veagh resigned his position and joined the Republican opposition against Grant.
In 1872 MacVeagh served as a delegate to the Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention, and in 1876 he led opposition forces against a third Grant term while promoting the nomination of Rutherford B. Hayes. Because of disputed Louisiana presidential election returns, Hayes tapped MacVeagh to negotiate an end to Democratic opposition to Hayes' presidency in exchange for the removal of military troops occupying the state.
Pres. James A. Garfield made MacVeagh his attorney general, however Mac Veagh resigned when the president was assassinated--but not before having secured an indictment against Garfield's assassin.
During the 1880s Mac Veagh served as chairman of the Pennsylvania Civil Service Reform Commission, but the Republican Party's opposition to such reform led him to join the Democratic Party, thus, it was as a Democrat that he served as U.S. ambassador to Italy during Pres. Grover Cleveland's administration. In 1903 Pres. Theodore Roosevelt appointed him as chief counsel for the United States during the Venezuelan arbitration hearings.
This is a signature from Isaac Wayne MacVeagh (1833-1917) was born in Pennsylvania, graduated from Yale University with a law degree, and began his own practice after being admitted to the Pennsylvania bar. From 1859 until 1864 he was district attorney for Chester County.
During the Civil War, MacVeagh became a captain in an emergency infantry, ultimately becoming a major of cavalry in 1863, the same year he served as chairman of the Republican State Committee. At war's end Mac Veagh moved his law practice to Harrisburg, and in 1870 Pres. Ulysses S. Grant appointed him U.S. minister in residence to the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). So disturbed by Grant's handling of the Republican Party, Mac Veagh resigned his position and joined the Republican opposition against Grant.
In 1872 MacVeagh served as a delegate to the Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention, and in 1876 he led opposition forces against a third Grant term while promoting the nomination of Rutherford B. Hayes. Because of disputed Louisiana presidential election returns, Hayes tapped MacVeagh to negotiate an end to Democratic opposition to Hayes' presidency in exchange for the removal of military troops occupying the state.
Pres. James A. Garfield made MacVeagh his attorney general, however Mac Veagh resigned when the president was assassinated--but not before having secured an indictment against Garfield's assassin.
During the 1880s Mac Veagh served as chairman of the Pennsylvania Civil Service Reform Commission, but the Republican Party's opposition to such reform led him to join the Democratic Party, thus, it was as a Democrat that he served as U.S. ambassador to Italy during Pres. Grover Cleveland's administration. In 1903 Pres. Theodore Roosevelt appointed him as chief counsel for the United States during the Venezuelan arbitration hearings.