Isaac Wayne MacVeagh
| Wayne MacVeagh | |
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| 36th United States Attorney General | |
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In office March 5, 1881 – December 15, 1881 |
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| President |
James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur |
| Preceded by | Charles Devens |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin H. Brewster |
| United States Ambassador to Italy | |
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In office March 11, 1894 – March 4, 1897 |
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| President | Grover Cleveland |
| Preceded by | William Potter |
| Succeeded by | William F. Draper |
| United States Ambassador to Turkey | |
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In office October 25, 1870 – June 10, 1871 |
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| President | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Preceded by | Edward J. Morris |
| Succeeded by | George H. Boker |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Isaac Wayne MacVeagh April 19, 1833 Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | January 11, 1917 (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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