His people. paying to him the only tribute in their gift. decided that he should have no successor. In this House his vacant chair still remains vacant. In the last gubernatorial State convention Mr. McDonald was the choice of all assembled to preside over its deliberations. Here his impartial rulings. his genial good nature. coupled with an earnest firmness. held in haimonious control a body rife for factional struggle. Edward Francis McDonald was born in Ireland in 1844. and emigrated to this country in 1850. In September. 1861. at the age of 17. he enlisted in Company 1. Seventh Regiment New Jersey Volunteers. and served under Gens.
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