Joseph H. McDermott

{{short description|American politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name =Joseph H. McDermott

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|office = President of the Senate of West Virginia

|term_start = 1907

|term_end = 1909

|predecessor = Gustavus A. Northcott

|successor =L. J. Forman

|state_senate2= West Virginia

|district2 = 11th

|term_start2 = December 1, 1904

|term_end2 = December 1, 1908

|predecessor2 = Ira E. Robinson

|successor2 = Winfield Scott Meredith

|birth_name=Joseph Henry McDermott

|birth_date = {{birth date|1871|7|28}}

|birth_place = Meadville, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|death_date ={{Death date and age|1930|12|12|1871|7|28}}

|death_place =Bluefield, West Virginia, U.S.

|party = Republican

|spouse = Louise Jane McLane

|children =

|residence = Morgantown, West Virginia

|alma_mater =

|profession = oil operator

}}

Joseph Henry McDermott (July 28, 1871 – December 12, 1930) was the Republican President of the West Virginia Senate from Monongalia County and served from 1907 to 1909.{{cite book|title=Men of West Virginia ...|author=Biographical Publishing Company|date=1903|publisher=Biographical publishing Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kNPXhbGzZigC|accessdate=2015-04-05}}{{cite book|title=History of West Virginia, Old and New|author=Callahan, J.M.|date=1923|volume=3|publisher=American historical society, Incorporated|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4zUTAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=2015-04-05}}