John Joseph McDonough (August 3, 1849 – November 26, 1926) was a politician and businessman from
Georgia
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Background
McDonough was born in 1849 in
Augusta, Georgia
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, the son of an
Irish
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-born immigrant. He received his education in
Atlanta
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's public schools and graduated from the St. Francis Xavier College in
New York City
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. He followed his father's footsteps and made a career in the lumber industry, as well as in machinery and foundry.
[Savannah Morning News, January 21, 1891]
Political career
McDonough was a Member of the
Georgia House of Representatives
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in 1882 and 1883.
He was elected to a two-year term as
Alderman
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on the City Council in 1889. He was elected
Mayor of Savannah in 1891 over
incumbent
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John Schwarz and won re-election in 1893.
He did not run for re-election in 1895. He ran for Mayor in 1899 but lost against
Herman Myers.
See also
*
McDonough Row
Footnotes
External links
Mayor's official site
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1849 births
1926 deaths
Mayors of Savannah, Georgia
American people of Irish descent