Noah C. McFarland

Noah C. McFarland
charcoal drawing at National Portrait Gallery
22nd Commissioner of the General Land Office
In office
June 17, 1881 – March 26, 1885
Preceded byJames A. Williamson
Succeeded byWilliam A. J. Sparks
Personal details
Born(1822-04-23)April 23, 1822
Washington County, Pennsylvania
DiedApril 26, 1897(1897-04-26) (aged 75)
Topeka, Kansas
Political partyRepublican
Alma materWashington College

Noah C. McFarland (April 23, 1822 – April 26, 1897) was a state senator in multiple U.S. states and was Commissioner of the United States General Land Office from 1881 to 1885.

Biography

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Noah C. McFarland was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1822.[1] He attended Washington College as a member of the class of 1844, but did not graduate.[2] He moved to Bucyrus, Ohio in 1846, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. He moved to Hamilton, Ohio and practiced law;[1] his house in Hamilton is still standing and has been named a historic site.[3]

McFarland was elected to the Ohio State Senate in 1865.[4] He then moved to Topeka, Kansas in 1870. He was elected to the Kansas State Senate, and was twice appointed a regent of the University of Kansas.[1]

In 1881, McFarland was appointed Commissioner of the United States General Land Office, and served until 1885.[1]

McFarland died at the Copeland Hotel, Topeka, Kansas on April 26, 1897.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Lanman, Charles (1887). Biographical annals of the civil government of the United States. New York: J M Morrison. p. 332.
  2. ^ Eaton, Samuel John Mills; Woods, Henry (1902). "Non-graduate members of 1844". Biographical and Historical Catalogue of Washington and Jefferson College. Philadelphia: G.H. Buchanan and Company. p. 611. OCLC 2379959. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
  3. ^ Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 83.
  4. ^ Ohio General Assembly (1917). Manual of legislative practice in the General Assembly. State of Ohio. p. 240.
  5. ^ King, James L. (1905). History of Shawnee County, Kansas and Representative Citizens. Richmond and Arnold. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
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