William A. Magee

{{short description|American politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = William A. Magee

| image = William Addison Magee (1873–1938).png

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| office1 = 43rd and 46th Mayor of Pittsburgh

| term_start1 = January 2, 1922

| term_end1 = January 4, 1926{{cite news|last=Swetnam|first=George|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=October 25, 1973|page=47|title=Mayors' Notebook|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78009696/}}

| predecessor1 = Edward V. Babcock

| successor1 = Charles H. Kline

| term_start2 = April 5, 1909

| term_end2 = January 5, 1914

| predecessor2 = George W. Guthrie

| successor2 = Joseph G. Armstrong

| office3 = Member of the Pennsylvania State Senate

| term_start3 = 1901

| term_end3 = 1904

| birth_name = William Addison Magee

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1873|05|04}}

| birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1938|03|25|1873|05|04}}

| death_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| party = Republican

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| occupation = Lawyer, politician

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| education = Franklin and Marshall College

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William Addison Magee (May 4, 1873 – March 25, 1938) was born in Pittsburgh's Hill District neighborhood near the site of the former Mellon Arena. Before becoming mayor, he gained his reputation by serving as Assistant District Attorney for Allegheny County of which Pittsburgh is the county seat. He twice served as Mayor of Pittsburgh, from 1909 to 1914, and again from 1922 to 1926. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1901 to 1904.{{cite web | last = Cox | first = Harold | title = Senate Members M | publisher = Wilkes University | work = Wilkes University Election Statistics Project| date = | url =http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/legis/SM.html}}