James Calvin McDearmon (June 13, 1844 – July 19, 1902) was an American politician and a member of the

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for the 9th congressional district of

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Biography

McDearmon was born on June 13, 1844, in New Canton,

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in Buckingham County. He moved with his parents to

Gibson County, Tennessee Gibson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 49,683. Its county seat is Trenton. The county was formed in 1823 and named for John H. Gibson, a soldier of the Natchez Expedition a ...

in 1846. He attended

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Trenton, Tennessee Trenton is the county seat and fourth largest city of Gibson County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 4,264 at the 2010 census, down from 4,683 in 2000. History Trenton was established in 1824 as a county seat for the newly-created ...

from 1858 to 1861.

Career and marriage

McDearmon entered the

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in April 1862 and served throughout the war in Cheatham's division,

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. He was wounded twice during the war at Murfreesboro and at Franklin and surrendered with Johnston's Army at Greensboro, North Carolina. After the war, McDearmon studied law, was admitted to the

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in 1867, and commenced practice in Trenton, Tennessee. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses. He served from March 4, 1893 to March 3, 1897. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1896. He resumed the practice of his profession in Trenton. He was married, Dec. 4, 1867, to Theodora, daughter of M. T. McCulloch of Hayward county, Tenn.

Death

McDearmon died in Trenton, Tennessee in Gibson County on July 19, 1902 (age 58 years, 36 days). He is

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at Oakland Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McDearmon, James C. 1844 births 1902 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee 19th-century American legislators People from Trenton, Tennessee People from Buckingham County, Virginia