Senate  1881-82  (District 11);  Senate  1883  (District 13)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Not Available
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Dodge
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            4/17/1816
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Londonderry, 
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            Ireland
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            2/22/1883
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Mantorville
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Physician
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Studied Medicine; 1844-1848
Cleveland Medical College, Ohio; Studied Medicine; 1852
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            County Board/Commissioner: 
                                            Dodge County, Minnesota (Board of Supervisors); 
                         
                         [Dates Unknown]
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Municipal Council/Aldermen: 
                                            Mantorville, Minnesota (City Council); 
                         
                         [Dates Unknown]
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            School Board/Administration: 
                                            Mantorville, Minnesota; 
                         
                         [Dates Unknown]
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Selina Thurgood (married January 22, 1846)
                                    Children: 
                                    One child: James J. McLaughlin
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He came to Minnesota in 1866.
He is buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Mantorville, Minnesota.