Toensing, and Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and the 19th Minnesota State Legislature by C.L. Hall, 1877 list his first name as Edward. The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1877 lists Edmond and Edmund.
He moved to Wisconsin in 1847. He came to Minnesota in 1866.
"Mr. Meagher was elected on the Democratic ticket." "In politics he is a Democrat with conservative tendencies." (Biographical Sketches of the Officers of the State Government of Minnesota and the 19th Minnesota State Legislature by C.L. Hall, 1877, p. 45-46)
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