from December 1881 to December 1883 and for a third time from December 1889 to December 1891. McPherson was the attorney for the 1893 complaint against the Gettysburg Electric Railway which ended in the Supreme Court case of United States v. Gettysburg Electric Railway Co. Personal life McPherson married Annie D. Crawford in 1862, and they had four sons and a daughter. He died of accidental poisoning in Gettysburg on December 14, 1895. He was interred at Evergreen Cemetery in Adams County, Pennsylvania. The Edward McPherson Society is named in his honor. Works In 1941, the papers of Edward McPherson were added to the Library of Congress, and his published works include: Popular culture In the 2012 film Lincoln, McPherson is portrayed by Christopher Evan Welch. References External links 1830 births 1895 deaths 19th-century American newspaper publishers (people) Clerks of the United States House of Representatives Pennsylvania lawyers Pennsylvania Whigs People from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Union (American Civil War) political leaders United States Department of the Treasury officials Burials at Evergreen Cemetery (Adams County, Pennsylvania) Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 19th-century American journalists American male journalists 19th-century American male writers 19th-century American politicians Hayes administration personnel