Duncan E. McKinlay
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 2nd district |
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In office 1905–1911 |
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| Preceded by | Theodore A. Bell |
| Succeeded by | William Kent |
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October 6, 1862 Orillia, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | December 30, 1914 (aged 52) Berkeley, California |
| Political party | Republican |
| Occupation | Attorney, carriage painter |
Duncan E. McKinlay (October 6, 1862 – December 30, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from California.
Born in Orillia, Ontario, Canada, McKinlay attended the common schools. He later learned the trade of carriage painting and worked in Flint, Michigan, and San Francisco, Sacramento, and Santa Rosa, California. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of California in 1892 and commenced practice in Santa Rosa. He later served as second assistant United States attorney at San Francisco 1901–1904, and first assistant United States attorney 1904–1907.
McKinlay was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress. In 1910, President William Howard Taft appointed him United States surveyor of customs for the port of San Francisco, California. He died in Berkeley, California on December 30, 1914 and was interred in Sunset Cemetery.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.
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