Edmund W. M. Mackey
| Edmund William McGregor Mackey | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 7th district |
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In office March 4, 1883 – January 27, 1884 |
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| Preceded by |
District re-established William F. Colcock before district was eliminated in 1853 |
| Succeeded by | Robert Smalls |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 2nd district |
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In office May 31, 1882 – March 3, 1883 |
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| Preceded by | Samuel Dibble |
| Succeeded by | George D. Tillman |
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In office March 4, 1875 – July 19, 1876 |
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| Preceded by | Alonzo J. Ransier |
| Succeeded by | Charles W. Buttz |
| Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Charleston County | |
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In office November 28, 1876 – May 29, 1877 |
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In office October 24, 1873 – March 17, 1874 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | March 8, 1846 Charleston, South Carolina |
| Died | January 27, 1884 (aged 37) Washington, D.C. |
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Republican (until 1874, 1876–onward) Independent Republican (1874–1876) |
| Profession | lawyer, politician |
Edmund William McGregor Mackey (March 8, 1846 – January 27, 1884) was a United States Representative from South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, his father was Dr. Albert Mackey, who was the primary founder of Scottish Rite Freemasonry.
Edmund became a representative after the end of the American Civil War. As an active Republican, he was nominated to be a delegate from Charleston for the constitutional convention of South Carolina in 1868. He was admitted to the bar in 1868 and practiced law in Charleston while also having the positions of sheriff and alderman.
Mackey was elected as a Republican to South Carolina House of Representatives in 1872, but ran successfully in 1874 as an Independent Republican for the Second Congressional District. However, the Forty-fourth Congress declared his seat vacant on July 19, 1876.
He was elected again to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1876 and claimed to be the Speaker after a tumultuous campaign in the state, marked by violence and intimidation. Republicans disputed the election of Democratic Representatives from Edgefield and Laurens counties because of massive fraud in the election and barring of freedmen from the polls by Democratic Party Red Shirts. Following the South Carolina Supreme Court's decision to allow seating of elected legislators from Edgefield and Laurens counties, rival state governments assembled. Mackey and the Republican legislators occupied the South Carolina State House with the support of Federal troops.
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