Alexander McCue (May 1, 1826 – April 2, 1889) was a Brooklyn, New York, attorney and judge who served as Solicitor of the United States Treasury.
His parents were immigrants from Ireland, who settled in Mexico, where his father became a merchant.
McCue graduated from Columbia College in 1845, studied law with the Brooklyn firm of John Greenwood and Harmanus B. Duryea, was admitted to the bar, and began a practice in Brooklyn.
[3] In 1887 McCue was named to an unpaid position on the United States Fish Commission.
[4] After resigning as Solicitor McCue was named Assistant Treasurer of the United States, with offices in New York City.