MacVeagh Family
The MacVeagh family has several noted names in the history of the United States:
- Lincoln’s grandfather Wayne MacVeagh was attorney general in the cabinet of President James Garfield.
- Lincoln’s father Charles MacVeagh was President Calvin Coolidge’s ambassador to Japan.
- Lincoln’s great-uncle Franklin MacVeagh was Secretary of the Treasury in the cabinet of President William Howard Taft.
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