James T. McDermott

James T. McDermott

James Thomas McDermott (born February 13, 1872 in Grand Rapids , Michigan , †  February 7, 1938 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American politician . Between 1907 and 1917 he twice represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James McDermott attended schools in his home country. In 1883 he moved to Detroit with his parents , where he trained in the telegraph. Until 1889 he worked in this branch; then he moved to Chicago and worked in the tobacco trade there. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional election of 1906 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded Charles S. Wharton on March 4, 1907 . Re-elected three times, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on July 21, 1914 . In 1912 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore , where Woodrow Wilson was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In 1914, McDermott was re-elected to Congress, where he resumed his previous seat on March 4, 1915, which had remained briefly vacant. Until March 3, 1917 he could spend another legislative period in the US House of Representatives. In 1916, he decided not to run again. After his tenure in Congress ended, he resumed his previous activities in Chicago. He died there on February 7, 1938.

Web links

Commons : James T. McDermott  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• James T. McDermott in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James T. McDermott in the database of Find a Grave (English)