James Robinson McCormick

James Robinson McCormick (born August 1, 1824 in Irondale , Washington County , Missouri , †  May 19, 1897 in Farmington , Missouri) was an American politician . Between 1867 and 1873 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James McCormick attended public schools in his home country and at times also received private tuition. He then studied at Transylvania University in Lexington ( Kentucky ). After a subsequent medical degree at Memphis Medical College in Tennessee and his license to practice medicine in 1849, he began to work in Wayne County in this profession. A year later he moved to Perry County , where he continued his medical practice. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1861 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Missouri Constitution.

McCormick was a doctor in the Union Army during the Civil War . In 1862 he was elected to the Missouri Senate. He had to give up this mandate because of his military obligation as a doctor. In 1863 he reached the rank of brigadier general in the state militia. After the war, James McCormick moved to Arcadia , where he practiced as a doctor again. In 1866 and 1867 he was a member of the State Senate.

After the death of MP Thomas Estes Noell , McCormick was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election due for the third seat of Missouri , where he took up his new mandate on December 17, 1867. After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1873 . There he witnessed the bitter dispute between the Republican Party and President Andrew Johnson until 1869 . In 1868 and 1870, the 14th and 15th amendments were ratified.

In 1872, James McCormick renounced another candidacy. Two years later he moved to Farmington, where he worked as a doctor and pharmacist. He also died in this city on May 19, 1897.

Web links

• James Robinson McCormick in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James Robinson McCormick in the database of Find a Grave (English)