Preceded by A. M. Starr Profession Printer, publisher | Succeeded by G. Collier Robbins Name S. McCormick | |
Died 1891, San Francisco, California, United States |
Stephen J. McCormick (1828–1891) was the mayor of Portland, Oregon, United States from 1859–1860. He was originally from Dublin, Ireland.
He worked as a printer and publisher. In 1852, he opened a book shop in Portland, the Franklin Book Store. He was elected as a Multnomah County delegate to the Oregon Constitutional Convention, held in 1857. He also served on the county commission and school board. He became a prominent publisher in Oregon, and his publications included the Oregon Almanac (originally known as McCormick's Almanac), Oregon Monthly Magazine, a city directory for Portland, and Abigail Scott Duniway's Captain Gray's Company (1859).
He also worked as a newspaper reporter in New York.
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