Background
Mcdill, James Wilson was born on March 4, 1834 in Monroe, Ohio, United States. Son of Review John and Frances (Wilson) Mcdill.
Mcdill, James Wilson was born on March 4, 1834 in Monroe, Ohio, United States. Son of Review John and Frances (Wilson) Mcdill.
Graduate Miami University, Oxford, O., 1853.
Admitted to Ohio bar, 1856. Practiced law, Afton, Iowa, 1857-1860, 66-85. Superintendent Union County (Iowa), 1859, county judge, 1860-1862.
Clerk Office of 3d Auditor of the United States Treasury, Washington, District of Columbia, 1862-1865. Circuit judge 2d district 3d Judicial Circuit Iowa, 1868-1871. District judge 3d Judicial District Iowa, 1871-1873.
Member United States House of Representatives from Iowa, 43d-44th congresses, 1873-1877. Member Iowa Board of R.R. Commissioners, 1878-1881, 83-86. Member United States Senate from Iowa (filling vacancy left by Samuel J. Kirkwood), 1881-1883.
Testified in Senate investigation of regulation of freight and passenger transportation, calling for federal commission to lower exorbitant transportation rates, resulted in creation of Interstate Commerce Commission. Member Interstate Commerce Commission, 1892-1894. Contributor “The Making of Iowa” to Iowa History Record, 1891.
Member United States House of Representatives from Iowa, 43d-44th congresses, 1873-1877. Member Iowa Board of R.R. Commissioners, 1878-1881, 83-86. Member United States Senate from Iowa (filling vacancy left by Samuel J. Kirkwood), 1881-1883.
Member Interstate Commerce Commission, 1892-1894.
Married Narcissa Fullenwider, August 1857, 5 children including Mistress.