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S J McCormick

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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.

References

S. J. McCormick Wikipedia


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