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John Ethridge McCall (August 14, 1859 – August 8, 1920) was a
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from
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and a
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of the
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.


Education and career

John Ethridge McCall was born on August 14, 1859, in Clarksburg, Carroll County,
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, McCall attended public and private schools, then received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1881 from the
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and
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in 1882. He was editor of the ''Tennessee Republican'' in 1882. He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in
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, Tennessee in 1882. He continued private practice in Lexington, Tennessee starting in 1883. He was an unsuccessful candidate for district attorney in 1886. He was a member of the
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from 1887 to 1889. He was a delegate to the
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in 1888 and 1900. He was an
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for the Western District of Tennessee from 1890 to 1891. He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination as
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in 1892.


Congressional service

McCall was elected as a Republican from
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to the
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of the
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and served from March 4, 1895 to March 3, 1897. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the
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. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of Tennessee in 1900. He was collector of internal revenue for the fifth district of Tennessee 1902 to 1905.


Federal judicial service

McCall was nominated by President
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on January 9, 1905, to a seat on the
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vacated by Judge Eli Shelby Hammond. He was confirmed by the
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on January 17, 1905, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on August 8, 1920, due to his death in Huntingdon. He was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery in
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.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:McCall, John E. 1859 births 1920 deaths Republican Party members of the Tennessee House of Representatives Judges of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee American prosecutors United States district court judges appointed by Theodore Roosevelt Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee Assistant United States attorneys People from Carroll County, Tennessee People from Huntingdon, Tennessee 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives