Noah C. McFarland
charcoal drawing at National Portrait Gallery
22nd Commissioner of the General Land Office
In office
June 17, 1881 – March 26, 1885
Preceded byJames A. Williamson
Succeeded byWilliam A. J. Sparks
Personal details
Born(1822-04-23)April 23, 1822
Washington County, Pennsylvania
DiedApril 26, 1897(1897-04-26) (aged 75)
Topeka, Kansas
Political partyRepublican
Alma materWashington College

Noah C. McFarland (April 23, 1822 – April 26, 1897) was a state senator in multiple U.S. states and was Commissioner of the United States General Land Office from 1881 to 1885.

Biography

Noah C. McFarland was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1822.[1] He attended Washington College as a member of the class of 1844, but did not graduate.[2] He moved to Bucyrus, Ohio in 1846, studied law, and was admitted to the bar. He moved to Hamilton, Ohio and practiced law;[1] his house in Hamilton is still standing and has been named a historic site.[3]

McFarland was elected to the Ohio State Senate in 1865.[4] He then moved to Topeka, Kansas in 1870. He was elected to the Kansas State Senate, and was twice appointed a regent of the University of Kansas.[1]

In 1881, McFarland was appointed Commissioner of the United States General Land Office, and served until 1885.[1]

McFarland died at the Copeland Hotel, Topeka, Kansas on April 26, 1897.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Lanman, Charles (1887). Biographical annals of the civil government of the United States. New York: J M Morrison. p. 332.
  2. ^ Eaton, Samuel John Mills; Woods, Henry (1902). "Non-graduate members of 1844". Biographical and Historical Catalogue of Washington and Jefferson College. Philadelphia: G.H. Buchanan and Company. p. 611. OCLC 2379959. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
  3. ^ Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 83.
  4. ^ Ohio General Assembly (1917). Manual of legislative practice in the General Assembly. State of Ohio. p. 240.
  5. ^ King, James L. (1905). History of Shawnee County, Kansas and Representative Citizens. Richmond and Arnold. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
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