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3 unusual facts about Myron H. McCord


Myron H. McCord

The governor quickly responded by recommending James H. McClintock and Buckey O'Neill be appointed company commanders with Alexander O. Brodie recommended for the position of battalion commander.

Terms of the contract called for convict labor to be provided from Yuma Territorial Prison at the rate of US$0.70/man/day with the territory covering all transportation, guard, and maintenance costs.

Buckey O'Neill claimed the McCord had personally profited from his actions as a member of the Board of Control.


Francis Bicknell Carpenter

Among the notable portraits painted by Carpenter, aside from Lincoln, were those of President Fillmore and Gov. Myron H. Clarke, painted in the New York City Hall; Horace Greeley (a portrait owned by the Tribune Association); Asa Packer, founder of Lehigh University; James Russell Lowell; New York banker David Leavitt; Dr. Lyman Beecher; Henry Ward Beecher and others.

James W. McCord, Jr.

In a later letter, written to U.S. District Judge John Sirica, McCord stated that his plea and testimony, some of which he claimed was perjured, were compelled by pressure from White House counsel John Dean and former Attorney General John N. Mitchell.


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