Joseph F. McCormick
Encyclopedia
Early Life
Born to an aerospace engineer father, his mother was a nurse, McCormick was raised in Pawling, New York. He moved to Albany, GeorgiaAlbany, Georgia
Albany is a city in and the county seat of Dougherty County, Georgia, United States, in the southwestern part of the state. It is the principal city of the Albany, Georgia metropolitan area and the southwest part of the state. The population was 77,434 at the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the...
in 1994.
Career
McCormick is the co-author of Reuniting America: A Toolkit for Changing the Political Game, a guidebook on transforming the present win/lose, partisan political environment into a more productive win/win way of governing. He is also the cofounder, along with Peter Hwosch, of the Transpartisan Alliance, an association of people and groups sharing ideas across political, religious, racial and economic lines.Government and politics
McCormick was the RepublicanRepublican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
candidate for Georgia's 2nd congressional district
Georgia's 2nd congressional district
Georgia's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia. One of the largest districts by size, it takes in most of the southwestern fourth of the state of Georgia...
seat in the US House of Representatives in 1998, having beat Republican Dylan Glenn in the primaries. McCormick lost the general election to encumbant Democrat Sanford Bishop
Sanford Bishop
Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district is located in the southwestern part of the state and includes Albany, Thomasville and most of Columbus....
. During the year 2000 election cycle
United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia, 2000
The 2000 House elections in Georgia occurred on November 7, 2000 to elect the members of the State of Georgia's delegation to the United States House of Representatives...
, McCormick was a campaign chairman for Dylan Glenn.
US Army career
After attending Virginia Military Institute, McCormick served for two years with the 82nd Airborne Division, followed by two years with the 1st Ranger Battalion1st Ranger Battalion
The 1st Ranger Battalion is an elite special operations unit of the US Army that is currently based at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia, United States....
.
Education and associations
Attended Virginia Military InstituteVirginia Military Institute
The Virginia Military Institute , located in Lexington, Virginia, is the oldest state-supported military college and one of six senior military colleges in the United States. Unlike any other military college in the United States—and in keeping with its founding principles—all VMI students are...
.
McCormick graduated from the Yale School of Management
Yale School of Management
The Yale School of Management is the graduate business school of Yale University and is located on Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. The School offers Master of Business Administration and Ph.D. degree programs. As of January 2011, 454 students were enrolled in its MBA...
in 1990 with a Master’s in Public and Private Management.
McCormick was chairman of the Dougherty
Dougherty County, Georgia
Dougherty County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population was 96,065. The 2009 Census Estimate shows a population of 95,859. It is included in the Albany, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area...
Republican Party in 1997.
Personal
Joseph McCormick married Celeste Anderson, a former National Peanut QueenNational Peanut Festival
The National Peanut Festival , the United States' largest peanut festival, is held each fall in Dothan, Alabama, to honor peanut growers and to celebrate the harvest season....
and head cheerleader from a prominent Albany, Georgia family.