James S. Gorman

James Sedgwick Gorman (* December 28, 1850 in Chelsea, Washtenaw County, Michigan, † May 27, 1923 in Detroit, Michigan ) was an American politician. Between 1891 and 1895 he represented the state of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Gorman attended the public schools of his home, including the Union School of Chelsea. After a subsequent law studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and its made ​​in 1876 admitted to the bar he began in Jackson to work in his new profession. He then spent two years as Deputy District Attorney in Jackson County. In 1879 he moved to Dexter in Washtenaw County.

Politically, Gorman was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1880 he was elected to the House of Representatives from Michigan; 1886 to 1888 he was a member of the State Senate. In the congressional elections of 1890 Gorman was in the second electoral district of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Edward P. Allen on March 4, 1891. After a re-election in 1892 he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1895 two legislative sessions.

1894 renounced James Gorman to another Congress candidate. In the following years he worked near Chelsea in agriculture as well as a lawyer. He died on May 27, 1923 in Detroit, and was buried in Chelsea.

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