James Sedgwick Gorman (December 28, 1850 - May 27, 1923) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America.
Gorman was born in Lyndon Township, Michigan, near Chelsea. Lyndon Township is a Civil township of Washtenaw County in the U Chelsea is a city in Washtenaw County in the US state of Michigan. He attended the common schools and the Union School of Chelsea, and graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1876. The University of Michigan Ann Arbor ( U of M, U-M, UM or simply Michigan) is a top-ranked Coeducational public research Ann Arbor is a city in the US state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Jackson. A bar association is a Professional body of Lawyers Some bar associations are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in their Jurisdiction Jackson is a city located along Interstate 94 in the south central area of the U He served as assistant prosecuting attorney of Jackson County for two years and moved to Dexter in 1879. Jackson County is a county in the US state of Michigan. In 2000 its population was 158422 with the 2007 Census Bureau placing the population at 163006 Dexter is a village in Washtenaw County in the US state of Michigan.
Gorman was a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives from 1881 to 1882 and served in the Michigan Senate from 1887 to 1890. The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower body of the Michigan Legislature. The Michigan Senate is the upper body of the Michigan Legislature. In 1890, he defeated incumbent Republican Edward P. Allen to be elected as a Democrat from Michigan's 2nd congressional district to the 52nd Congress He was re-elected to the 53rd, serving from March 4, 1891 to March 3, 1895. Edward Payson Allen ( October 28, 1839 – November 25, 1909) was a Politician from the U The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. United States House of Representatives Michigan District 2 is a United States Congressional district in Western Michigan. The Fifty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government consisting of the United States Senate and The Fifty-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government consisting of the United States Senate and Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 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 Detroit and was interred in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Chelsea, Michigan.
| Preceded by Edward P. Allen |
United States Representative for the 2nd Congressional District of Michigan 1891– 1895 |
Succeeded by George Spalding |