Matthew Quay
(1833-1904)
Pennsylvania political boss
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Matthew Stanley "Matt" Quay (September 30, 1833 – May 28, 1904) was a Pennsylvania political boss once dubbed a "kingmaker" by President Benjamin Harrison. He graduated college, studied law and opened a legal practice in 1854. During the Civil War, he served in the Union Army as a member of the 134th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, which he commanded as a colonel. Quay received the Medal of Honor for heroism at the battle of Fredericksburg. He later served as the Pennsylvania Militia's assistant commissary general, and as a personal assistant to Governor Andrew Curtin.
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30 September 1833 Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania
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28 May 1904 (aged 70) Beaver, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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| Zodiac | Libra |
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