Duncan E. McKinlay

Duncan E. McKinlay
Duncan E. McKinlay
	Theodore A. Bell
Succeeded by	William Kent
Personal details
Born	October 6, 1862; Canada West
Died	December 30, 1914 (aged 52); Berkeley, California
Political party	Republican
Occupation	Attorney, carriage painter

Duncan E. McKinlay (October 6, 1862 – December 30, 1914) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1905 to 1911.

Biography

Born in

Canada West, McKinlay attended the common schools. He later learned the trade of carriage painting and worked in Flint, Michigan, and San Francisco, Sacramento, and Santa Rosa, California. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of California in 1892 and commenced practice in Santa Rosa. He later served as second assistant United States attorney

at San Francisco 1901–1904, and first assistant United States attorney 1904–1907.

Congress

McKinlay was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress. In 1910, President William Howard Taft appointed him United States surveyor of customs for the port of San Francisco, California. He died in Berkeley, California on December 30, 1914, and was interred in Sunset Cemetery.

Positions

McKinlay was an avowed supporter of the

San Francisco Call as a "brilliant address". He concluded the speech calling for a renewal of the Geary Act which would "guard and protect [us] from the blighting curse of Asiatic immigration".^[1]

Electoral history

1904 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan E. McKinlay (incumbent)	22,873	49.2
	Democratic	Theodore A. Bell	21,640	46.6
	Socialist	J. H. White	1,524	3.3
	Prohibition	Eli P. LaCell	431	0.9
Total votes			46,468	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Democratic

1906 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan E. McKinlay (incumbent)	23,411	51.8
	Democratic	W. A. Beard	20,262	44.8
	Socialist	A. J. Gaylord	1,524	3.4
Total votes			45,197	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

1908 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan E. McKinlay (incumbent)	28,627	57.5
	Democratic	W. K. Hays	19,193	38.5
	Socialist	A. J. Gaylord	2,003	4.0
Total votes			49,823	100.0
Turnout			{{{votes}}}
	Republican hold

References

^ McKinlay, Duncan E. (23 November 1901). "Legal Aspects of the Chinese Question". San Francisco Call. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
^ 1904 election results
^ 1906 election results
^ 1908 election results

United States Congress. "Duncan E. McKinlay (id: M000518)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

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Preceded by Theodore A. Bell	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 2nd congressional district 1905–1911	Succeeded by William Kent

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[1] McKinlay, Duncan E. (23 November 1901). "Legal Aspects of the Chinese Question". San Francisco Call. Retrieved 6 March 2018.

[2] 1904 election results

[3] 1906 election results

[4] 1908 election results

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