Washington J. McCormick

Washington Jay McCormick ( born January 4, 1884 in Missoula, Montana, † March 7, 1949 ) was an American politician. Between 1921 and 1923 he represented the state of Montana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years

After the public schools of his native Washington McCormick attended the University of Montana and the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. By the year 1906, he studied at the prestigious Harvard University. After studying law McCormick was approved in 1910 as a lawyer. Then he began to work in Missoula in this profession.

Political career

McCormick was a member of the Republican Party. From 1918 to 1920 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Montana. In the congressional elections of 1920, he was the previous incumbent John M. Evans of the Democratic Party to beat and as a deputy in the Congress recruiting. This election victory was nationwide political trend. Even in the presidential election this year, the Republicans were able to bring their candidate Warren G. Harding. But McCormick was able to hold only one term in the House of Representatives. Already at the next election in 1922 he had to give back to John Evans his seat. Overall, he was between 4 March 1921 and the March 3, 1923 Member of Congress.

Further CV

After his time in Washington McCormick worked as a lawyer in Montana again. Later, he was also a writer. He died in March 1949 and was buried in Missoula.