Duncan E. McKinlay
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911
Preceded byTheodore A. Bell
Succeeded byWilliam Kent
Personal details
Born(1862-10-06)October 6, 1862
Orillia, Canada West
DiedDecember 30, 1914(1914-12-30) (aged 52)
Berkeley, California
Political partyRepublican
OccupationAttorney, carriage painter

Duncan E. McKinlay (October 6, 1862 – December 30, 1914) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1905 to 1911.

Biography

Born in Orillia, Canada West, McKinlay attended the common schools. He later learned the trade of carriage painting and worked in Flint, Michigan, and San Francisco, Sacramento, and Santa Rosa, California. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of California in 1892 and commenced practice in Santa Rosa. He later served as second assistant United States attorney at San Francisco 1901–1904, and first assistant United States attorney 1904–1907.

Congress

McKinlay was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress. In 1910, President William Howard Taft appointed him United States surveyor of customs for the port of San Francisco, California. He died in Berkeley, California on December 30, 1914, and was interred in Sunset Cemetery.

Positions

McKinlay was an avowed supporter of the Geary Act restricting Chinese immigration. At the Chinese Exclusion Convention in 1901, he led the speakers with the "Legal Aspects of the Chinese Question", lauded by the San Francisco Call as a "brilliant address". He concluded the speech calling for a renewal of the Geary Act which would "guard and protect [us] from the blighting curse of Asiatic immigration".[1]

Electoral history

1904 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Duncan E. McKinlay (incumbent) 22,873 49.2
Democratic Theodore A. Bell 21,640 46.6
Socialist J. H. White 1,524 3.3
Prohibition Eli P. LaCell 431 0.9
Total votes 46,468 100.0
Turnout  
Republican gain from Democratic
1906 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Duncan E. McKinlay (incumbent) 23,411 51.8
Democratic W. A. Beard 20,262 44.8
Socialist A. J. Gaylord 1,524 3.4
Total votes 45,197 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold
1908 United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2nd district[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Duncan E. McKinlay (incumbent) 28,627 57.5
Democratic W. K. Hays 19,193 38.5
Socialist A. J. Gaylord 2,003 4.0
Total votes 49,823 100.0
Turnout  
Republican hold

References

  1. ↑ McKinlay, Duncan E. (23 November 1901). "Legal Aspects of the Chinese Question". San Francisco Call. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  2. ↑ 1904 election results
  3. ↑ 1906 election results
  4. ↑ 1908 election results

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