History of Washington County Missouri United States of America

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James Robinson McCormick Biographical Sketch

James Robinson McCormick, representative, was born in Washington county, Mo., Aug. 1, 1824; third son of Joseph and Jane (Robinson) McCormick, and grandson of Andrew and Catherine (Adams) McCormick. Andrew McCormick came from the north of Ireland about 1776, served in the Revolutionary war, and married the daughter of John Adams, who with his sister Catherine, fled from Germany to escape persecution from the Papists. He was graduated at the Memphis Medical college in 1849, and settled in practice in Ironton, Mo. He married in 1852 Berchette C. Nance, who died in 1866, and secondly Susan E. Garner. Emmet Curran McCormick, M.D., his son by his first marriage, and James Edward McCormick, M.D., by his second marriage, survived him. He was a delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1861; a member of the state senate, 1862, but resigned to serve in the Federal army, where he attained the rank of brigadier-general, and served to the close of the war. In 1866 he was again elected a state senator, but resigned in 1867 to take his place as a Democratic representative in the 40th congress to fill the unexpired term of Thomas E. Noell, who died Oct. 3, 1867, and he was re-elected to the 41st and 42d congresses, serving 1867-73. He died in Farmington, Mo., May 19, 1897.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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