James Robinson McCormick, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJames Robinson McCormick
American politician
Date of Birth: 01-Aug-1824
Place of Birth: Irondale, Missouri, United States
Date of Death: 19-May-1897
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About James Robinson McCormick
- James Robinson McCormick (August 1, 1824 – May 19, 1897) was a United States Representative from Missouri. Born near Irondale, Washington County, Missouri, McCormick attended public schools in Washington County, Missouri.
- He received private instruction and entered Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, as a medical student.
- He graduated from the Memphis (Tennessee) Medical College in 1849 and commenced practice in Wayne County, Missouri.
- He moved to Perry County in 1850 and continued the practice of medicine. He served as a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1861.
- During the Civil War he served as a surgeon in the Sixth Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Union Army.
- He served in the State senate in 1862, but resigned on account of duties in the Army. He became a Brigadier general of militia in 1863.
- After the war he located in Arcadia, Missouri, and resumed the practice of medicine.
- He again served in the State senate in 1866, but resigned the following year. McCormick was elected as a Democratic Representative for Missouri's 3rd congressional district to the Fortieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas E.
- Noell.
- He was reelected to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses and served from December 17, 1867, to March 3, 1873.
- He was not a candidate for reelection in 1872. He moved to Farmington, Missouri, in 1874 where he practiced medicine and engaged in the pharmaceutical business.
- He died in Farmington, St.
- Francois County, Missouri, May 19, 1897.
- He was interred in Masonic Cemetery.
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