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Hon. Ira McJunkin
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HON. IRA McJUNKIN, a member of the Pennsylvania State Legislature, to which honorable body he was a second time nominated in the spring of 1908, is a prominent citizen
of Butler County and a member of the Butler bar. He was born in this city, February 13, 1860, and is a son of James T. and Martha McJunkin. Prior to his seventeenth year, Mr. McJunkin attended the Public schools of Butler and Witherspoon Institute, and then entered the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, securing this generally coveted appointment through Col. John M. Thompson. Mr. McJunkin was graduated from that institution in 1881, after which he spent two years in the service of the United States, attached to the Asiatic Station. After his return, desiring to follow other than a maritime life, he was honorably discharged in 1883. In the fall of the same year he entered upon the study of law in the office of Judge McJunkin, and on April 10, 1886, he was admitted to the bar. His ability in his chosen profession was soon recognized, and in 1892 he was elected district attorney of Butler County. In the meanwhile, he had become active in politics, and in 1906 he was first elected a member of the State Legislature of Pennsylvania. His attitude on public questions and his usefulness to his own section, his loyalty to party and fidelity to principle, all contributed to his continued popularity and in 1908 he was renominated to the Legislature and again reelected. Mr. McJunkin had long been identified with the Fifteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guards, and his military record in connection with the same is as follows: In May, 1898, was mustered into the United States service at Mt. Gretna as captain of Company E, Fifteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was mustered out at Athens, Georgia, February 1, 1899; was appointed captain and adjutant on the staff of Col. W. T. Mechling, Fifteenth Regiment Pennsylvania National Guards in 1900, served in the Homestead riots and was placed on the retired list by General Order No. 28, 1900. He entered the State service with the rank of first lieutenant and was subsequently elected and reelected captain. Mr. McJunkin belongs to the Masons and the Odd Fellows. He was reared by a careful mother in the faith of the Presbyterian Church.
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