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Isaac Wayne MacVeagh

Wayne MacVeagh
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36th United States Attorney General
In office
March 5, 1881 – December 15, 1881
President James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Preceded by Charles Devens
Succeeded by Benjamin H. Brewster
United States Ambassador to Italy
In office
March 11, 1894 – March 4, 1897
President Grover Cleveland
Preceded by William Potter
Succeeded by William F. Draper
United States Ambassador to Turkey
In office
October 25, 1870 – June 10, 1871
President Ulysses S. Grant
Preceded by Edward J. Morris
Succeeded by George H. Boker
Personal details
Born Isaac Wayne MacVeagh
(1833-04-19)April 19, 1833
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died January 11, 1917(1917-01-11) (aged 83)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place Church of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party Republican, Democratic
Spouse(s) Letitia Lewis MacVeagh (1st wife)
Virginia Cameron MacVeagh (2nd wife)
Relations Franklin MacVeagh
(Banker)
Children Charles MacVeagh
(U.S. Ambassador to Japan)
Parents Major John MacVeagh
Margaret Lincoln MacVeagh
Alma mater Yale University
Profession Lawyer, Politician
Military service
Service/branch Militia
Union Army
Years of service 1862–1863
Battles/wars American Civil War

Isaac Wayne MacVeagh (April 19, 1833 – January 11, 1917) was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat. He served as the 36th Attorney General of the United States under the administrations of Presidents James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur.

MacVeagh was born in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, on April 19, 1833, the son of Major John MacVeagh and Margaret (née Lincoln) MacVeagh. His brother, Franklin MacVeagh, was a banker and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under President William Howard Taft.

He attended Yale University, where he was a brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Phi chapter), and graduated tenth in his class in 1853. He was admitted to the bar in 1856, and was the District Attorney of Chester County, Pennsylvania, from 1859 through 1864. He led the militia forces organized to battle back the threatened Confederate invaders from 1862 to 1863, and served in the Union Army during the American Civil War as an infantry captain and as a major in the cavalry.

He became a leader in the Republican Party and was the prominent opponent of his father-in-law, Simon Cameron, in the fight within the party in 1871. MacVeagh was the Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire in 1870 through 1871, and was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1872 and 1873.


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