 James Alexander McDougall November 19, 1817 September 3, 1867 akanga ari gweta reAmerica uye wezvematongerwe enyika akasarudzwa kuhofisi yenyika yose mumatunhu maviri eUnited States, ipapo kuUnited States House of Representatives uye United States Senate. Mukurukuri ane chipo, McDougall akatanga basa rake sainjiniya wezvokuvaka muNew York, ndokuverenga mutemo, achikwira nokukurumidza kusvika pakakwirira mubasa rake muIllinois, kwaakava shamwari yemamwe magweta eprairie Abraham Lincoln, Edward D. Baker, naStephen Douglas. Kufanana navaAmerica vazhinji, McDougall akakwezvwa neGold Rush yeCaliforniamuna 1849; akatangazve kuita basa rake somutemo uye akasarudzwa kuva gweta guru rechipiri renyika itsva yeCalifornia. Mukusarudzwa kwa 1860, Lincoln akakunda hutungamiri seRepublican, Baker akasarudzwa seneta weRepublican kubva kuOregon, uye McDougall akasarudzwa seneta kubva kuCalifornia, achibatanidza Douglas muSeneti seshamwari dzeWar Democrats. Shamwari nhatu dzose dzaMcDougall dzePrairie State dzaizofa mumakore matanhatu nguva yake senhengo yeseneta isati yapera. Anodhakwa anozivikanwa, McDougall akambopa hurukuro kuSeneti achishora mutemo wakatsanangurwa wekurambidza kutengeswa kwedoro muUnited States Capitol, asi akafa nguva pfupi abva muSeneti, ... achimhanyiswa nekunakidzwa kwake mumukombe. 