James R. McCormick

James Robinson McCormick (August 1, 1824 – May 19, 1897) was a United States Representative from Missouri.

He received private instruction and entered Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, as a medical student.

He graduated from the Memphis (Tennessee) Medical College in 1849 and commenced practice in Wayne County, Missouri.

During the Civil War he served as a surgeon in the Sixth Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Union Army.

McCormick was elected as a Democratic Representative for Missouri's 3rd congressional district to the Fortieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas E. Noell.