Joseph W. McCorkle

Joseph Walker McCorkle (born June 24, 1819 in Piqua , Ohio , †  March 18, 1884 in Branchville , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1851 and 1853 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph McCorkle attended public schools in his home country and then Kenyon College in Gambier . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1842, he began to work in Dayton in this profession. Between 1845 and 1849 he was also a postman there . In 1849, he moved to San Francisco , California during the gold rush . There he applied unsuccessfully for the post of judge in 1850. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In the meantime he was a member of the California State Assembly .

In the congressional election of 1850 McCorkle was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of California , where he succeeded Edward Gilbert on March 4, 1851 . Since he was not nominated for re-election by his party in 1852, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1853 . This was shaped by the discussions about slavery .

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, McCorkle moved to Marysville . Between 1853 and 1857 he was a judge in the ninth judicial district of his state. In 1855 he ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate . He then practiced as a lawyer in San Francisco. Between 1860 and 1870 he lived in Virginia City ( Nevada ). There he also worked as a lawyer. He then returned to Washington, where he worked as an attorney for the Mexican Claims Commission . He died in Branchville on March 18, 1884 and was buried in his native Piqua.

Web links

• Joseph W. McCorkle in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph W. McCorkle in the database of Find a Grave (English)