Joseph McCormick

1814 (age 65)

Cincinnati, Ohio , United States

He lived as a child in Cincinnati and West Union. In 1831 and 1832, he was in Pine Grove Furnace, Ohio as a storekeeper. He located in Portsmouth for a few months, and then in Cincinnati until 1838. In 1838, McCormick became Prosecuting Attorney of Adams County. Again in 1843, first by appointment, and then by election, was again prosecutor until 1845. Joseph McCormick was an alcoholic, and, when his father died in 1849, he left a large estate. He left a life estate to Joseph, with the remainder to the two grandchildren then alive. He directed the trustee of the estate to turn over the entire estate to Joseph should he reform his drinking habit. McCormick was elected from Adams County to the second Ohio Constitutional Convention in 1850. On May 5, 1851, he was appointed by Governor Reuben Wood as the second Ohio Attorney General, to replace Henry Stanbery, whose term had expired. He served about seven months, until George East. Pugh, who was elected under the new constitution, assumed the office. In about 1857, McCormick went to California, where he died in 1879.

Joseph McCormick

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Background

Joseph McCormick was born in 1814 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the only child of Adam McCormick and his wife Margaret Ellison.

Education

He may have attended Marietta College of Ohio. He studied law under Nelson Barrere and was admitted to the bar in 1835.

Career

He lived as a child in Cincinnati and West Union. In 1831 and 1832, he was in Pine Grove Furnace, Ohio as a storekeeper. He located in Portsmouth for a few months, and then in Cincinnati until 1838.

In 1838, McCormick became Prosecuting Attorney of Adams County.

Again in 1843, first by appointment, and then by election, was again prosecutor until 1845. Joseph McCormick was an alcoholic, and, when his father died in 1849, he left a large estate.

He left a life estate to Joseph, with the remainder to the two grandchildren then alive. He directed the trustee of the estate to turn over the entire estate to Joseph should he reform his drinking habit.

McCormick was elected from Adams County to the second Ohio Constitutional Convention in 1850.

On May 5, 1851, he was appointed by Governor Reuben Wood as the second Ohio Attorney General, to replace Henry Stanbery, whose term had expired. He served about seven months, until George East. Pugh, who was elected under the new constitution, assumed the office. In about 1857, McCormick went to California, where he died in 1879.

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