Louis E. McComas

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Louis E. McComas

Louis Emory McComas (born October 28, 1846 in Hagerstown , Maryland , †  November 10, 1907 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of Maryland in both chambers of the US Congress .

After attending St. James College , Louis McComas graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle in 1866 . He then studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1868 and began to practice in Hagerstown.

He made a first attempt to be elected to the US House of Representatives in 1876 , but failed. Six years later he was successful and moved as a representative of the 6th electoral district of Maryland in the Congress, to which he belonged after several re-elections until 1891. In 1890 he lost to the Democrat William McMahon McKaig .

As a result, McComas first served as secretary of the Republican National Committee in 1892 . On November 17 of the same year he was appointed by US President Benjamin Harrison to the Supreme Court Justice of the District of Columbia , which he remained until 1899; his successor in this office was Harry M. Clabaugh . He also taught international law at Georgetown University .

In 1898, McComas prevailed against the Democratic incumbent Arthur Pue Gorman in the election for US Senator . He completed a six-year term of office there, during which time he was chairman of the Committee on Organization, Conduct, and Expenditures of Executive Departments . He waived re-election after he was appointed judge at the Federal Court of Appeals for the Washington District Court by US President Theodore Roosevelt . He held this office until his death in 1907.

His granddaughter Katharine Byron and great-grandson Goodloe Byron also sat for Maryland in the House of Representatives.

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