James I. McKay

James Iver McKay
James Iver McKay
Dean of the United States House of Representatives
	In office; February 23, 1848 – March 4, 1849
Preceded by	John Quincy Adams
Succeeded by	Linn Boyd
Member of the; U.S. House of Representatives; from North Carolina
	In office; March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1849
Preceded by	Edward Bishop Dudley
Succeeded by	William Shepperd Ashe
Constituency	5th district (1831–1843); 6th district (1843–1847); 7th district (1847–1849)
Personal details
Born	July 17, 1792; Elizabethtown, North Carolina, U.S.
Died	September 14, 1853 (aged 61); Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Political party	Democratic

James Iver McKay (July 17, 1792 – September 14, 1853) was an American lawyer and politician who served nine terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina from 1831 to 1849.

Early life and education

He was born in 1792,^[1] near Elizabethtown, North Carolina. He pursued classical studies and then law.

Career

He was appointed United States attorney for the district of North Carolina on March 6, 1817, and also served in the North Carolina General Assembly (1815–1819, 1822, 1826, and 1830).

Congress

He was elected as a Jacksonian to the 22nd through 24th congresses (1831–1837) and as a Democrat to the 25th through 30th congresses (1837–1849). He served as chairman of the: Committee on Military Affairs (25th Congress), Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads (26th Congress), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (27th Congress), Ways and Means Committee (28th and 29th congresses).

He was also the chief sponsor of the Walker Tariff of 1846;^[2] and was the favorite son of the North Carolina delegation at the 1848 Democratic National Convention for Vice President. McKay also introduced the Coinage Act of 1849 on the House floor, with it successfully passing.^[3]

Death and burial

McKay died in Goldsboro, North Carolina, September 14, 1853.^[4] Though an unapologetic slave-owner, his will included the unusual provision that 30–40 of his slaves be placed under the supervision of the American Colonization Society.^[5]

References

^ Dictionary of North Carolina Biography
^ New York Daily Tribune, July 7, 1846, p. 2.
^ "House Journal --THURSDAY, January 25, 1849".
^ Congressional Biography
^ Clegg, Claude A., III, The Price of Liberty: African Americans and the making of Liberia, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009, p. 192.

External links

U.S. Congress Biographical Directory entry

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Edward B. Dudley	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 5th congressional district 1831 – 1843	Succeeded by Romulus M. Saunders
Preceded by Archibald H. Arrington	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 6th congressional district 1843 – 1847	Succeeded by John Daniel
Preceded by John Daniel	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 7th congressional district 1847 – 1849	Succeeded by William S. Ashe

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[1] Dictionary of North Carolina Biography

[2] New York Daily Tribune, July 7, 1846, p. 2.

[3] "House Journal --THURSDAY, January 25, 1849".

[4] Congressional Biography

[5] Clegg, Claude A., III, The Price of Liberty: African Americans and the making of Liberia, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009, p. 192.

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v t e Chairs of the United States House Committee on Armed Services
Military Affairs Committee (1822–1947)	Eustis Hamilton Vance Hamilton Drayton R. Johnson McKay C. Johnson Thompson Dawson Stanly Haralson Botts Burt Bissell Benton Quitman Faulkner B. Stanton Blair Buffington Schenck Garfield Logan Coburn Banning Sparks Henderson Rosecrans Bragg Townshend Cutcheon Outhwaite Hull Hay Dent Kahn McKenzie Morin James Quin McSwain Hill May
Naval Affairs Committee (1822–1947)	Fuller Crowninshield Storrs Hoffman Anderson White Jarvis Ingham Thomas Wise Parmenter Holmes King F. Stanton Bocock Benson Bocock Morse Sedgwick Rice Pike Scofield Whitthorne Harris Cox Herbert Boutelle Herbert Cummings Geissenhainer Boutelle Foss Padgett Butler Britten Vinson
Armed Services Committee* (from 1947)	Andrews Vinson Short Vinson Rivers Philbin Hébert Price Aspin Dellums Spence Stump Hunter Skelton McKeon Thornberry Smith Rogers
^Alternately named National Security* in 104th and 105th Congresses.

v t e Chairs of the United States House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service
Post Office and Post Roads (1808–1947)	Rhea Ingham Livermore F. Johnson J. Johnson Ingham McKean R. Johnson Connor McKay Briggs Hopkins Goggin Potter Olds Mace English Colfax Alley Farnsworth Packer Clark Waddell Money Bingham Money Blount Bingham J. Henderson Loud Overstreet Weeks Moon Steenerson Griest Sanders Mead Romjue Burch O'Brien
(Reform in the) Civil Service* (1893–1947)	Andrew De Forest Brosius Gillett Godwin Hamill Godwin Lehlbach Jeffers Ramspeck Randolph
Post Office and Civil Service (1947–1995)	Rees Murray Rees Murray Dulski D. Henderson Nix Hanley Ford Clay
Note	^Name shortened from Reform in the Civil Service* to Civil Service in 1925.

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