John E. McCall

John Ethridge McCall was born on August 14, 1859, in Clarksburg, Carroll County, Tennessee,[1] McCall attended public and private schools, then received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1881 from the University of Tennessee and read law in 1882.[1] He was editor of the Tennessee Republican in 1882.[1] He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in Huntingdon, Tennessee in 1882.[1] He continued private practice in Lexington, Tennessee starting in 1883.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for district attorney in 1886.[2] He was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1887 to 1889.[1] He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1888 and 1900.[2] He was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee from 1890 to 1891.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination as Governor of Tennessee in 1892.[1]

McCall as a Congressman in 1896.

McCall was elected as a Republican from Tennessee's 8th congressional district to the United States House of Representatives of the 54th United States Congress and served from March 4, 1895 to March 3, 1897.[2] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the 55th United States Congress.[2] He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of Tennessee in 1900.[1] He was collector of internal revenue for the fifth district of Tennessee 1902 to 1905.[1]

McCall was nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt on January 9, 1905, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee vacated by Judge Eli Shelby Hammond.[1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 17, 1905, and received his commission the same day.[1] His service terminated on August 8, 1920, due to his death in Huntingdon.[1] He was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee.[2]

• United States Congress. "John E. McCall (id: M000304)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.