Myron H. McCord

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Myron Hawley Mccord (November 26, 1840 - April 27, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.

Born in Ceres, McKean County, Pennsylvania, Mccord attended Richburg Academy, New York. He moved to Wisconsin in 1854 and settled in Shawano, Shawano County. He moved to Merrill in 1875. He became a publisher, lumberman, and farmer. Published a newspaper 1868-1883. He served in the State senate in 1873 and 1874. He served as member of the State assembly in 1881. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1876. Register of the United States land office at Wausau, Wisconsin, from February 26, 1884, to June 24, 1885.

Mccord was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress and for election in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress. He returned to Merrill, Wisconsin, and engaged in agricultural pursuits and lumbering. He was appointed by President McKinley as Governor of Arizona Territory in 1897. He resigned in 1898 and organized the Territorial Regiment for the Spanish-American War. He was appointed United States marshal for the district of Arizona May 1, 1902, and served until July 1, 1905. Later appointed collector of customs for the port of Nogales, Arizona. He died in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 27, 1908. He was interred in Merrill Cemetery, Merrill, Wisconsin.