Disability History Fact: George McCormick, state attorney general and founding member of the State Bar of Texas
Office of the Governor Texas sent this bulletin at 10/03/2013 08:03 AM CDTCommittee on People with Disabilities
George McCormick (1841-1905) enlisted in the Confederate Army in Galveston in 1861; later he was wounded, captured, and had one of his legs amputated. After returning to Colorado County in 1865, he studied law, obtained his license, and joined the prominent legal firm of Cook and Collier. In 1870 the county commissioners’ court appointed McCormick Colorado County attorney and he represented Colorado and Lavaca counties in the Constitutional Convention of 1875, where he advocated direct taxation for support of public education. In 1876 Governor Richard Coke appointed him to a term as assistant attorney general. McCormick was overwhelmingly elected state attorney general under Governor Oran M. Roberts in 1878. In 1882 he was one of sixty-nine lawyers from across the state who met in Galveston to form the Texas Bar Association, today known as the State Bar of Texas.
Adapted from:
"MCCORMICK, GEORGE," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fmc26), accessed September 23, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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