Biography

05/06/1848 - 11/22/1895

MacDONALD, Albert P., a Representative from Blair County; born, May 6, 1848 in Clarion, Clarion County, Pa.; clerk, United States government (1861-1863); telegraphing attaché, Office of Military Railroads, United States Army (1863-1865); telegraph operator, Pennsylvania Railroad (1865-1867); partner, R.A.O Kerr, insurance business (1867-1874); proprietor, MacDonald Bros., insurance company (1874-1895); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1888 and 1890; resigned from the House, June 3, 1891; postmaster, United States Postal Service, Altoona (1891-1895); died, November 22, 1895 in Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania; interred, Fairview Cemetery, Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania.