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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. His body is interred at Wildwood Cemetery.

Sources

  • United States Congress. "Henry C. McCormick (id: M000366)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • The Political Graveyard
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district

1887-1891
Succeeded by
Preceded by
unknown
Pennsylvania Attorney General
1895 - 1899
Succeeded by
unknown

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