Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949

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McCormick, Nelson B.

McCormick, Nelson B., a Representative from Kansas; born near Waynesburg, Greene County, Pa., November 20, 1847; attended the common schools; moved to Marion County, Iowa, in 1867, where he engaged in farming and stock raising until his removal to Phillips County, Kans., where he settled upon a homestead in 1877; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1882 and commenced practice in Phillipsburg, Kans.; deputy prosecuting attorney of Phillips County 1886-1888; prosecuting attorney 1890-1894; declined to be a candidate for renomination; elected as a Populist to the Fifty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1899); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Phillipsburg, Kans.; delegate to the Democratic State conventions in 1904 and 1908; prosecuting attorney of Phillips County 1910-1914; died in Phillipsburg, Kans., April 10, 1914; interment in Fairview Cemetery.

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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "McCormick, Nelson B.," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1526 Original Sources, accessed March 29, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LLYTS1EUPLV3FKH.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "McCormick, Nelson B." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1526, Original Sources. 29 Mar. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LLYTS1EUPLV3FKH.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'McCormick, Nelson B.' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1526. Original Sources, retrieved 29 March 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=LLYTS1EUPLV3FKH.