Alexander McCue explained

Alexander McCue (May 1, 1826  - April 2, 1889) was a Brooklyn, New York, attorney and judge who served as Solicitor of the United States Treasury.

Biography

He was born at Matamoros, Mexico, on May 1, 1826. His parents were immigrants from Ireland, who settled in Mexico, where his father became a merchant. After his father's death, his mother relocated to Brooklyn.

McCue graduated from Columbia College in 1845, studied law with the Brooklyn firm of John Greenwood and Harmanus B. Duryea, was admitted to the bar, and began a practice in Brooklyn. From 1851 to 1852 he served as an Assistant District Attorney in Kings County.^[1]

In 1861 to 1862 and 1867 to 1868 he was Brooklyn's Corporation Counsel, and from 1870 to 1885 was a Judge of the City Court.^[2]

From 1885 to 1888 McCue served as Solicitor of the Treasury.^[3]

In 1887 McCue was named to an unpaid position on the United States Fish Commission.^[4]

After resigning as Solicitor McCue was named Assistant Treasurer of the United States, with offices in New York City.^{[5] [6]}

McCue died in Brooklyn on April 2, 1889, after having suffered a stroke.^{[7] [8] [9] [10]} He was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery, Section 107, Lot 19875^[11]

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=BYoEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA639 Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1889
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=UBwVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA330 Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=956gAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA585 Magazine column, This Month's News, March 18 to April 14
4. Newspaper article, Prof. Baird's Successor, New York World, August 27, 1887
5. http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Repository/BEG/1889/04/02/008-BEG-1889-04-02-01-SINGLE.pdf Newspaper article, Judge McCue's Successor
6. https://books.google.com/books?id=KFYUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA178 Journal of the executive proceedings of the Senate of the United States
7. http://fultonhistory.com/newspapers%20Disk3/Poughkeepsie%20NY%20Daily%20Eagle/Poughkeepsie%20NY%20Daily%20Eagle%201889%20A.pdf/Poughkeepsie%20NY%20Daily%20Eagle%201889%20A%20-%200130.pdf Newspaper article, Stricken With Apoplexy
8. https://www.nytimes.com/1889/03/22/archives/judge-mcue-stricken-the-united-states-assistant-treasurer.html Newspaper article, Judge M'Cue stricken
9. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1889/04/02/106343712.pdf Newspaper article, Mr. M'Cue has a Relapse
10. https://books.google.com/books?id=4gctAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA178 Alexander McCue obituary
11. http://www.green-wood.com/burial_results/index.php Alexander McCue entry