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John L. McGinn
JOHN L. McGINN is one of the
clever and aggressive lawyers of
Alaska. He came to Nome in the
spring of 1900, and after his mining
experiences on Saturday Creek during
that summer was appointed Assistant
United States Attorney, October 15,
1900. July 12, 1901, he was placed
in full charge of the United States
Attorney's office, and during the term
of court held by Judge Wickersham
in the Second Judicial Division, he
went to Dutch Harbor and prosecuted
and secured the conviction of Hardy
the murderer, the only man ever hanged
at Nome.
Mr. McGinn also prosecuted the celebrated riot cases. After
the appointment of Colonel Grigsby as
United States Attorney, he was continued in the office as a deputy, but
resigned January 22, 1903. In April
of that year Judge Moore appointed
him as acting United States Attorney
for the district, Colonel Grigsby being absent in the states. Upon Colonel Grigsby 's arrival in the spring of
1903 he relinquished the position and
opened an office for the practice of law. He has since been connected with some of the
most important cases of the District Court at Nome, and has acquired an extensive and
a lucrative practice.
Mr. McGinn was born in Portland, Oregon, February 26, 1871. His father came
to Oregon in 1854. After receiving a public school education, Mr. McGinn took a law
course in the University of Oregon, and was graduated from that institution in 1893. He
was associated with his brother in the practice of law until 1898, when he went to the
Philippines with the Second Oregon Regiment. He saw thirteen months of service, and
was in twenty-two engagements and skirmishes. After he was mustered out he practiced
law in the Philippines from June until November, returning to Portland in January, 1900.
Since 1900 he has been identified with the legal profession in Nome and has made an
enviable record as a lawyer. Mr. McGinn is concise and logical. He is strong and
forceful in argument, untiring in industry and zealous in the pursuit of a cause. He and
Miss Elsa Searing were married in Nome April 20, 1904.
Source: Nome and Seward Peninsula by
R. S. Harrison. Seattle: The Metropolitan Press, 1905.
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