1. Crandal Mackey, sometimes spelled Crandall, was an American lawyer and newspaper publisher.
23 Facts About Crandal Mackey
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Crandal Mackey served as the commonwealth attorney of Alexandria County, Virginia, from 1904 to 1916, and led raids in Rosslyn, Virginia, of gambling dens in 1904.
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Crandal Mackey was born on December 15,1865, in Shreveport, Louisiana, to Thomas Jefferson Mackey.
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Crandal Mackey's father was a lawyer, captain of engineers during the Civil War and judge of a circuit court.
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Crandal Mackey attended Randolph Macon College and participated in football and boxing sports while there.
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Crandal Mackey graduated from the Georgetown University Law School with a law degree in 1889.
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In 1885, Crandal Mackey was appointed a clerk in the US Department of War.
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Crandal Mackey then became an examiner of pensions and started to practice law.
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Crandal Mackey was elected as the commonwealth attorney of Alexandria County, Virginia, by one vote in 1904.
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Crandal Mackey assumed office in January 1904 and served until 1916, replaced by Frank L Ball.
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Crandal Mackey was opposed to the county manager style of government that Arlington County imposed in 1930.
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Crandal Mackey later ran for the US Congress in 1930, on a platform of states' rights and calling for the repeal of the 18th Amendment in favor of statewide control of liquor.
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Crandal Mackey lost the Democratic primary to Howard W Smith.
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Crandal Mackey was an editor and publisher of a newspaper in Arlington called The Chronicle.
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Crandal Mackey was one of the charter members of the Arlington County Bar Association.
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Crandal Mackey was a director of the Arlington National Bank and the National Mortgage and Investment Company.
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Crandal Mackey was one of the organizers of the Arlington Trust Company and was a member of the Board of Trustees of George Washington University.
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Crandal Mackey married Mary, and had seven children, including Argyle, Joseph, Darlington, Thomas, Alice and Virginia.
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Crandal Mackey lived on a hill above Rosslyn called "Crandal Mackey's Hill".
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Crandal Mackey jumped out of his car before it fell over an embankment.
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Crandal Mackey later broke his hip in an automobile accident in 1951.
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Virginia would later assume statewide control over liquor, a stance that Crandal Mackey supported later in his career.
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In 2014, Crandal Mackey Park was replaced by the Central Place housing development.