Donald McNaughton (March 29, 1830 Mumford,

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– July 30, 1893

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Life

He attended the district schools, and then became a millwright, and later a clerk. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Wheatland. He was Secretary and Treasurer of the

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. He was Supervisor of the Town of Wheatland for eight years; Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Monroe County for one year; and a member of the

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(29th D.) from 1888 to 1891, sitting in the 111th, 112th, 113th and

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s. In 1892, he ran for Congress in the 31st District but was defeated by Republican John Van Voorhis. In April 1892, he was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the New York State World's Fair Commission, and died of peritonitis on July 30, 1893, in the New York State Building at the

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Sources

''The New York Red Book''
compiled by Edgar L. Murlin (published by James B. Lyon, Albany NY, 1897; pg. 403)
Biographical sketches of the members of the Legislature
in ''The Evening Journal Almanac'' (1891)
''DONALD M'NAUGHTON DEAD''
in NYT on July 31, 1893 1830 births 1893 deaths Democratic Party New York (state) state senators People from Monroe County, New York 19th-century American railroad executives Town supervisors in New York (state) 19th-century American legislators {{NewYork-NYSenate-stub