Archie Gillis McQuagge was born in Washington County in the Florida panhandle on September 6, 1884. After attending public school, he studied business at a commercial college in Nashville, Tennessee. Returning home, McQuagge entered the mercantile business and later became vice president and general manager of the Dunn-Coleman Hardware Company. Being popular in Washington County, he was prevailed upon to run for the Clerk of the Circuit Court in that county and served two terms. In January of 1925, McQuagge came to Clearwater and took the post of Assistant Chief Clerk of the Circuit Court of PinellasCounty. Over the next few years, he studied law on his own and was admitted to the bar in 1928. In 1936, McQuagge campaigned for and was successfully elected to the post of Clerk of the Circuit Court which had eluded him a year earlier. He served less than one year in office, however, and died in December of 1937.
Archie Gillis McQuagge was born in Washington County in the Florida panhandle on September 6, 1884. After attending public school, he studied business at a commercial college in Nashville, Tennessee. Returning home, McQuagge entered the mercantile business and later became vice president and general manager of the Dunn-Coleman Hardware Company. Being popular in Washington County, he was prevailed upon to run for the Clerk of the Circuit Court in that county and served two terms. In January of 1925, McQuagge came to Clearwater and took the post of Assistant Chief Clerk of the Circuit Court of PinellasCounty. Over the next few years, he studied law on his own and was admitted to the bar in 1928. In 1936, McQuagge campaigned for and was successfully elected to the post of Clerk of the Circuit Court which had eluded him a year earlier. He served less than one year in office, however, and died in December of 1937.
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