Isaac J. MacCollum

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office = Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
term_start = January 21 1941
term_end = January 19 1945
predecessor = Edward W. Cooch
successor = Elbert N. Carvel
birth_date = birth date|1889|8|18|mf=y
birth_place = Fenwick Island, Delaware
death_date = death date and age|1968|3|4|1889|8|18
death_place = Wyoming, Delaware
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party = Democratic Party
residence = Wyoming, Delaware
alma_mater = West Chester University
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profession = physician
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Dr. Isaac James MacCollum (August 18 1889 – March 4 1968) was an American physician and politician from Wyoming, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as Lieutenant Governor of Delaware.

Early life and family

MacCollum was born August 18 1889 at Fenwick Island, Delaware. He graduated from West Chester Normal School, now known as West Chester University in 1910 and Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1914.

Career

MacCollum served on the medical advisory board during World War I and was president of the Delaware State Medical Society in 1930. He served as a member of the trustees at Delaware State Hospital for nine years, president of the State Board of Health for four years, and a member of the State Parole Board for 20 years, 16 of those years as president.

He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Delaware in 1940, defeating Republican candidate Earle D. Willey, Jr. of Dover, who was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He served from January 21 1941 until January 19 1945, alongside a Republican Governor, Walter W. Bacon. In 1944 he ran for Governor against Bacon, but was defeated and returned to his medical practice full time.

Death and legacy

MacCallum died in 1968 in Wyoming, Delaware. He was a respected country doctor, described as “mainly just a kind, traditional doctor. He made house calls, which is something you don't see today. I am grateful to him -- he delivered my first baby.” [ [http://www2.newszap.com/lookingback/profiles/isaacmaccollum.html Something You Don't See Today -- House Calls ] ]

Almanac

Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1st. U.S. Representatives take office January 3rd, and have a term of two years.

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Lt. Governor
Executive
Dover
1940
January 21 1941
January 19 1945|
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Year
Office

Subject
Party
Votes
%

Opponent
Party
Votes
%
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1940
Lt. Governor|
Party shading/Democratic |Isaac J. MacCollum
Party shading/Democratic |Democratic
Party shading/Democratic
Party shading/Democratic
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Party shading/Republican |Earle D. Willey
Party shading/Republican |Republican
Party shading/Republican
Party shading/Republican
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1944
Governor|
Party shading/Democratic |Isaac J. MacCollum
Party shading/Democratic |Democratic
Party shading/Democratic |62,156
Party shading/Democratic |49%|
Party shading/Republican |Walter W. Bacon
Party shading/Republican |Republican
Party shading/Republican |63,829
Party shading/Republican |51%
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References

External links

* [http://www.russpickett.com/history/delltgov.htm Delaware’s Lieutenant Governors ]
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maack-macdevitt.html#RQ90O4E6O The Political Graveyard ]
* [http://www2.newszap.com/lookingback/profiles/isaacmaccollum.html Something You Don't See Today -- House Calls ]

Places with more information

* [http://www.hsd.org/ Historical Society of Delaware ] 505 Market St., Wilmington, Delaware [phone]
* [http://www.lib.udel.edu/ University of Delaware Library ] 181 South College Ave., Newark, Delaware [phone]