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McCormick, Richard Cunningham 1832-

Journalist; born in New York, May 23, 1832; received a classical education; was a war correspondent in the Crimea in 1854-55; served in the same capacity in the Civil War in 1862-63; was governor of Arizona in 1866-69; and represented that Territory in the United States House of Representatives in 1869-75. He was a delegate to the National Republican Conventions of 1872, 1876, and 1880; commissioner to the Centennial Exhibition in 1876; assistant Secretary of the Treasury in 1877-78: and commissioner-general of the United States to the Paris Exposition in 1878. He was made a commander of the Legion of Honor of France in the latter year. His publications include Visit to the camp before Sebastopol; Arizona: its resources, etc.; and he edited Reports of the United States commissioners to the Paris Exposition (6 volumes).

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