John W. McCormick

For other people named John McCormick, see John McCormick (disambiguation).

John Watts McCormick (December 20, 1831 - June 25, 1917) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born near Gallipolis, Ohio, McCormick attended Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, and the Ohio University at Athens. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising. He taught school and later became a Methodist minister. He served as delegate to the Ohio constitutional convention in 1873.

McCormick was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress. Trustee of Rio Grande College 1883-1885. He resumed agricultural pursuits. He died in Gallipolis, Ohio, June 25, 1917. He was interred in Mount Zion Cemetery near Gallipolis, Ohio.

References

John W. McCormick at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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Date of birth	December 20, 1831
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