Clinton Dugald MacDougall (June 14, 1839 – May 24, 1914) was a

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from

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Life and career

Born near

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, he immigrated to Canada in 1842 with his parents, who later settled in

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. He pursued an academic course, studied law, and engaged in banking from 1856 to 1869. He was commissioned

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in the 75th New York Volunteer Infantry on September 16, 1861;

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of the 111th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, August 20, 1862;

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January 3, 1863; and

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of Volunteers February 25, 1865. He was honorably mustered out on June 4, 1865. In 1869 he was appointed

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of Auburn. MacDougall was elected as a

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to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1877. He represented

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and

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. Along with Gerry W. Hazelton of

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, he introduced a bill (H.R. 2711/3786) providing that

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be paid "the sum of $2,000 for services rendered by her to the Union Army as scout, nurse, and spy". It was defeated.Larson, pp. 252, 378 (n. 6). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1876. He served as

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of the

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from 1877 to 1885 and from 1901 to 1910. He died in

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in 1914; interment was in

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