14 Facts About Medill McCormick

Joseph Medill McCormick was part of the McCormick family of businessmen and politicians in Chicago.

Joseph Medill McCormick was born in Chicago on May 16,1877.

Medill McCormick's father was the future diplomat Robert Sanderson McCormick, who was a nephew of Cyrus McCormick.

Medill McCormick later attended the Groton School, a preparatory school at Groton, Massachusetts.

Medill McCormick graduated from Yale University in 1900, where he was elected to the secret society Scroll and Key.

Medill McCormick worked as a newspaper reporter and publisher, and became an owner of the Chicago Daily Tribune.

Medill McCormick later purchased interests in The Cleveland Leader and Cleveland News.

Joseph Medill McCormick took over much of the management of the paper between 1903 and 1907, but became increasingly depressed and developed alcoholism.

Medill McCormick's younger brother, the famed "Colonel" Robert McCormick became involved in the newspaper, worked closely on it for four decades, and was a leading isolationist figure in the Republican Party.

Medill McCormick was vice chairman of the national campaign committee of the Progressive Republican movement from 1912 to 1914.

Medill McCormick was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1912 and 1914.

Medill McCormick was elected to the United States Senate in 1918, and served from March 4,1919, until his death at age 48 in 1925.

Medill McCormick died on February 25,1925, in his hotel suite at the Hamilton Hotel in Washington, DC.

At the time of his death, Medill McCormick was about to leave office.