James C. McDearmon

James Calvin McDearmon was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 9th congressional district of Tennessee. He was born on June 13, 1844 in New Canton, Virginia in Buckingham County. He moved with his parents to Gibson County, Tennessee in 1846. He attended Andrew College in Trenton, Tennessee from 1858 to 1861. He entered the Confederate Army in April 1862 and served throughout the war in Cheatham's division, Army of Tennessee. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1867, and commenced practice in Trenton, Tennessee.

He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses. He served from March 4, 1893 to March 3, 1897. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1869. He resumed the practice of his profession and died in Trenton, Tennessee in Gibson County on July 19, 1902. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.