. The Fortieth Congress of the United States: historical and biographical. ettlers in the State ofArkansas after the exodus of the Confederate troops. Settling firstat Fort Smith, he engaged again in mercantile pursuits, and soonestablished the• First National Bank of Fort Smith of which hebecame the president. He subseqiaently removed to Little Rock,where he established the Merchants National Bank, of wliich hewas the first president. Upon the return of the Southern leaders at the close of the war,they attempted to resume their old control by embittering inil)licsentiment against jSTorthern m
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. The Fortieth Congress of the United States: historical and biographical. ettlers in the State ofArkansas after the exodus of the Confederate troops. Settling firstat Fort Smith, he engaged again in mercantile pursuits, and soonestablished the• First National Bank of Fort Smith of which hebecame the president. He subseqiaently removed to Little Rock, where he established the Merchants National Bank, of wliich hewas the first president. Upon the return of the Southern leaders at the close of the war, they attempted to resume their old control by embittering inil)licsentiment against jSTorthern men who had settled in the South.From a sense of duty to the country, and for self-protection, Mr.McDon, ald threw himself into politics with the same earnestness anddevotion to the Union which distinguished his earlier career. He be-came the first signer in his locality of a call for a Ptepubliean con-vention. He took an active part in the ensuing struggle, and, uponthe success which followed, he was elected as one of the United States Senatoi-s from Arkansas. 78 ic 1^. Nw