James Sedgwick Gorman (December 28, 1850 – May 27, 1923) was a politician from the U.S. state of

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. Gorman was born in

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, near Chelsea. He attended the common schools and the Union School of Chelsea, and graduated from the law department of the

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in 1876. He was admitted to the

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and commenced practice in Jackson. He served as assistant prosecuting attorney of Jackson County for two years and moved to

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in 1879. Gorman was a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives from 1881 to 1882 and served in the

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from 1887 to 1890. In 1890, he defeated incumbent Republican

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to be elected as a

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from

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to the

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He was re-elected to the 53rd, serving from March 4, 1891, to March 3, 1895. He was not a candidate for re-nomination in 1894. James S. Gorman engaged in farming near Chelsea, and resumed the practice of law. He died in

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and was interred in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Chelsea, Michigan.

References

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