Richard Randolph McMahon

Richard Randolph McMahon (July 30, 1852 – April 19, 1935) was a lawyer from West Virginia who served as Solicitor of the United States Treasury.

[1][2] In 1877 he moved to Taylor County, West Virginia, where he worked as a newspaper columnist while studying law.

In 1878 McMahon was appointed to the staff of Governor Henry M. Mathews with the rank of colonel.

[3] A Democrat, in 1881 he became an attorney and was appointed to a position in the office of the United States Comptroller of the Treasury in the administration of Grover Cleveland.

In addition to attending numerous party conventions at the local, state and national levels as a Delegate, McMahon served on the West Virginia University Board of Regents during the administration of Governor George W. Atkinson.