James McCall (politician)


James McCall was an American merchant and politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of Benajah McCall and Abigail McCall. He removed to Ovid, New York. On December 19, 1799, he married Elizabeth Dye, and they had 14 children.
McCall was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1808-09, 1812-13 and 1814,
In 1814, he removed to Rushford where he kept a store and ran a grist mill. He was again a member of the State Assembly in 1818 and 1819; and a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1821.
He was again a member of the State Assembly in 1823; and a member of the New York State Senate from 1824 to 1827, sitting in the 47th, 48th, 49th and 50th New York State Legislatures.
On June 2, 1836, he married Lydia Washburn. In November 1836, McCall was elected a presidential elector, but did not attend the meeting of the New York Electoral College, and Jacob Sutherland was chosen to fill the vacancy.
He was buried at the McCall Cemetery in Podonque, a hamlet in Rushford.