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James Mackenzie was an Ohio state representative.

Early life
Mackenzie's father is William Lyon Mackenzie who at that time was a clerk for his mother's general store. His mother was Isabel Reid, a servant to a man named Andrew Mustard in Newton of Balhary. His parents were not married when he was born. He was raised by his grandmother, Elizabeth Mackenzie, while his father travelled throughout Europe and then to Upper Canada. In 1822 he emigrated to Canada to join his father in Canada.

Mackenzie's father William Lyon Mackenzie was a newspaper editor and taught him about the printing business.

During the Types Riot Mackenzie heard a noise from the printing press room. He and his grandmother investigated to discover the rioters destroying the property.

In 1836, James was the printer of William Lyon Mackenzie's newspaper The Constitution

In the mid-1830s Mackenzie was reporting on the debates in the Upper Canada Legislature.

After his father's printer was destroyed following the 1837 Upper Canada Rebellion Mackenzie moved to a small town in Upstate New York to begin his own newspaper and printing company.

During the Patriots War Mackenzie participated in attempting to establish a base on Fighting Island.

When his grandmother died in 1839 Mackenzie was living in Lockport (town), New York.

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