Philadelphia and Allegheny counties. From 1916 to 1919, McCormick served as chairman of the Democratic National Committee and went on to be appointed chair of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace (1919) at Versailles, under President Woodrow Wilson, heading up numerous clubs and organizations along the way. He also served as Wilson's 1916 campaign manager, as chair of the War Trade Board (1916 to 1919) and as a member of many local, state, national and international organizations throughout the later years. He helped professor Thomas Garrigue Masaryk legions especially in Russia in 1918. Later life McCormick remained a bachelor until the age of 52, when he married the widow of Martin Olmsted, an eight-term Republican Congressman. They announced their engagement on December 29, 1924. Vance died at his country estate (Cedar Cliff Farms), June 16, 1946, near Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. Mrs. McCormick died in 1953. McCormick was a teetotaler for his lifetime. Head coaching record References External links Vance Criswell McCormick papers (MS 478). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library. McCormick Family History at the Center of Pennsylvania Culture Studies at Penn State Harrisburg :la:Vance C. McCormick 1872 births 1946 deaths 19th-century players of American football All-American college football players American football drop kickers American football halfbacks American football quarterbacks Burials at Harrisburg Cemetery Carlisle Indians football coaches Democratic National Committee chairs Harrisburg Academy alumni Mayors of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Phillips Academy alumni Players of American football from Pennsylvania Yale Bulldogs football players