mining-based economy similar to California's. To attract economic capital, he advocated a laissez-faire tax policy. McCormick also pushed for the creation of the roads, railroads, telegraph lines and postal routes needed for such an economy to function. He also asked Congress to acquire additional land from Mexico so that Arizona could have a port on the Gulf of California To meet the need for food, the governor called for settlers and "tame" Indians to engage in farming. To help protect the growing population from outlaws, McCormick asked the territorial legislation to create courthouses and jails. Territorial Delegate McCormick announced his candidacy for territorial delegate on March 12, 1868, with the election scheduled for June 3, 1868. During his run, McCormick avoided normal party affiliations and instead ran as a non-partisan candidate under the Unionist banner. The election centered on the issue of the territorial capital having been moved the previous year, with allegations circulated that McCormick had been promised support from Pima County if he signed the bill. McCormick only won a single county during the election, Pima, but the margin was sufficient for him to be elected territorial delegate. McCormick left Arizona Territory on December 13, 1868, to journey to Washington DC. On his arrival in the Congress, McCormick's past acquaintances with influential people of the day allowed him to become unusually effective as a territorial delegate. This influence allowed him to be chosen as chairman by the group of seven sitting territorial delegates in their efforts to obtain unified legislation in areas affecting United States territories. During his first term, McCormick's efforts were focused on the Apache Wars and the establishment of additional postal routes within Arizona. Other areas he worked on included resolving land title issues involving the town of Prescott and having Arizona Territory declared a separate land district. After a return to Arizona to campaign, McCormick won re-election for his second term on November 8, 1870. McCormick's second term was again focused on the Apache Wars. The delegate was at odds with President Ulysses S. Grant's decision to send Vincent Colyer to negotiate with the Apache but was successful in his efforts to have George Crook resume military operations against the Apache. During May 1871, while visiting his mother in New York, McCormick contracted erysipelas and was blind for a short time. His right eye recovered, but the left was permanently lost. McCormick's opposition to