Henry Clay McCormick
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Henry Clay McCormick (June 30, 1839–May 26, 1902) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Henry C. McCormick was born in Washington Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and Dickinson Seminary in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1866 and practiced in Williamsport.
McCormick was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first 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. He was elected president of the Williamsport & North Branch Railroad in 1892. He served as attorney general of Pennsylvania from 1895 to 1899. He resumed the practice of law and died in Williamsport in 1902. Interment in Wildwood Cemetery.
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| Preceded by William W. Brown |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district 1887-1891 |
Succeeded by Albert C. Hopkins |
| Preceded by unknown |
Pennsylvania Attorney General 1895 - 1899 |
Succeeded by unknown |
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