Henry Clay McCormick was a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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Henry C. McCormick was born in Washington Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania

Washington Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania

Washington Township is a township in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The population was 1,613 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Williamsport, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

. He attended the common schools and Dickinson Seminary in Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Williamsport, Pennsylvania

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. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1866 and practiced in Williamsport.

McCormick was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth

50th United States Congress

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 and Fifty-first

51st United States Congress

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 Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Railways and Canals during the Fifty-first Congress. He was a delegate to the 1892 Republican National Convention

1892 Republican National Convention

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. He was elected president of the Williamsport & North Branch Railroad in 1892. He served as attorney general

Attorney General

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 of Pennsylvania from 1895 to 1899. He resumed the practice of law and died in Williamsport in 1902. His body is interred at Wildwood Cemetery.

Sources

• The Political Graveyard