John E. McCall

American politician and judge (1859–1920)

John Ethridge McCall (August 14, 1859 – August 8, 1920) was a United States representative from Tennessee and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

John Ethridge McCall was born on August 14, 1859, in Clarksburg, Carroll County, Tennessee, McCall attended public and private schools, then received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1881 from the University of Tennessee and read law in 1882. He was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1887 to 1889. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1888 and 1900. He was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee from 1890 to 1891. He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination as Governor of Tennessee in 1892.

McCall was elected as a Republican from Tennessee's 8th congressional district to the United States House of Representatives of the 54th United States Congress and served from March 4, 1895 to March 3, 1897. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the 55th United States Congress. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of Tennessee in 1900. He was collector of internal revenue for the fifth district of Tennessee 1902 to 1905.

McCall was nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt on January 9, 1905, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee vacated by Judge Eli Shelby Hammond. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 17, 1905, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on August 8, 1920, due to his death in Huntingdon. He was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee.