Albert Dutton MacDade (September 23, 1871 – October 4, 1954) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as

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for Delaware County from 1906 to 1912, as a Republican member of the

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for the 9th Senatorial District from 1921 to 1929 and as Judge in the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas for Delaware County from 1942 to 1948.

Early life and education

MacDade was born in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, to Joseph Walker and Amie (Hedden) MacDade. He graduated from Chester High School in 1888 and the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1894.

Career

In 1894, MacDade was accepted to the Delaware County

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. He served as the

of Delaware county from 1906 to 1912 and as a Pennsylvania State Senator from 1920 to 1928. MacDade was elected judge of the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas from 1942 to 1948 and served as president judge in 1943 He is interred at the Lawn Croft Cemetery in

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Personal life

MacDade married Mabel Troth in 1899 and together they had two children. MacDade was a member of the First Baptist Church in Chester, Pennsylvania. MacDade was a member of the American and State Bar Associations, the Pennsylvania National Guard for three years and was a " four-minute man" and chairman of the legal advisory board of Chester, Pennsylvania during World War I. He was a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, the

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, the Patriotic Order of the Sons of America, the Loyal Order of Moose and was a thirty-second degree

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Legacy

In 1933, Parker Avenue in Collingdale, Pennsylvania, was renamed MacDade Boulevard in honor of MacDade.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:MacDade, Albert Dutton 1871 births 1954 deaths 20th-century American politicians American Freemasons Burials at Lawn Croft Cemetery Chester High School alumni County district attorneys in Pennsylvania Judges of the Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas Pennsylvania lawyers Pennsylvania National Guard personnel Republican Party Pennsylvania state senators People from Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni