McGinnis, John P.

Born: 1799-XX-XX

Died: 1841-07-08

Flourished: Kaskaskia, Illinois

Alternate name: Macginness

A Democrat, McGinnis represented Randolph County in the Illinois House of Representatives for one term, 1840 to 1842. In 1840, McGinnis's household included one free black man and one enslaved woman.

John Clayton, comp., The Illinois Fact Book and Historical Almanac 1673-1968 (Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1970), 209; Theodore C. Pease, ed., Illinois Election Returns, 1818-1848, vol. 18 of Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library (Springfield: Illinois State Historical Library, 1923), 340; U.S. Census Office, Sixth Census of the United States (1840), Randolph County, IL, 210.