Biography

12/05/1829 - 07/03/1909

MAGEE, Christopher Linem, II, a Representative from Allegheny County; born, December 5, 1829 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa.; A.B., Western University of Pennsylvania (now University of Pittsburgh), 1848; A.M., Western University of Pennsylvania (now University of Pittsburgh), 1849; LL.B., University of Pennsylvania, Law School, 1852; lawyer (1852-1884); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1856 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1857); unsuccessful campaign, mayor, Pittsburgh (1858, 1875); unsuccessful campaign, District Attorney, Allegheny County (1862); unsuccessful campaign, judge, Allegheny County Orphans’ Court; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senator (1880); unsuccessful campaign, judge, Pennsylvania Supreme Court; judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County (appointed, 1885-1886: elected, 1887-1897); died, July 3, 1909 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interred, Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.