John Jay McCarthy (July 19, 1857 – March 30, 1943) was a

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politician. Born in

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, on July 19, 1857, he attended

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Academy. He moved to

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, in 1879 and to

Dixon County, Nebraska History Dixon County was formed in 1856. Dixon was named for an early settler. Dixon County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 6,000. Its county seat is Ponca. The county was creat ...

, in 1882. He married Ellen "Nellie" McGowen (1862–1920) in 1883. He was admitted to the bar in 1884 and set up practice in

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. He was elected prosecuting attorney of Dixon County in 1890, 1892, and 1894. In 1898 and 1900, he was elected as a member of the Nebraska House of Representatives. In 1902, he was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses and served Nebraska's 3rd district from 1904 to 1908. He ran in the 1906 primary and lost to John Frank Boyd. He continued with his law practice in

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, not serving in any other elected office, though he was a delegate to the

1912 Republican National Convention The 1912 Republican National Convention was held at the Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, from June 18 to June 22, 1912. The party nominated President William H. Taft and Vice President James S. Sherman for re-election for the 1912 United St ...

. He died in Ponca on March 30, 1943, and is buried in Ponca Cemetery.

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* * * 1857 births 1943 deaths Nebraska lawyers Republican Party members of the Nebraska House of Representatives People from Stoughton, Wisconsin Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska People from David City, Nebraska People from Ponca, Nebraska {{Nebraska-politician-stub