James Iver McKay

James Iver McKay (1793–1853) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Elizabethtown, North Carolina, in 1793; pursued classical studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; appointed United States attorney for the district of North Carolina on March 6, 1817; served in the State senate 1815–1819, 1822, 1826, and 1830; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-second through Twenty-fourth Congresses and as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth through Thirtieth Congresses (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1849); chairman, Committee on Military Affairs (Twenty-fifth Congress), Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads (Twenty-sixth Congress), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Twenty-seventh Congress), Ways and Means Committee (Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses). The favorite son of the North Carolina delegation at the 1848 Democratic Convention for Vice President; McKay died in Goldsboro, North Carolina, September 4, 1853.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Edward B. Dudley
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 5th congressional district

1831 1843
Succeeded by
Romulus M. Saunders
Preceded by
Archibald H. Arrington
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 6th congressional district

1843 1847
Succeeded by
John Daniel
Preceded by
John Daniel
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 7th congressional district

1847 1849
Succeeded by
William S. Ashe


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