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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaCharles A. O. McCLELLAN
(1835-1898)
McCLELLAN, Charles A. O.,
a Representative from Indiana; born in Ashland, Ashe County, Ohio,
May 25, 1835; moved to Auburn, Ind., in 1856; attended the public
schools; studied law in Auburn and Waterloo, Ind.; was admitted to
the bar in 1863 and commenced practice in Waterloo; became engaged
in banking in 1868; appointed judge of the fortieth judicial
circuit of Indiana by Governor Williams in 1879, and served for two
years; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first and Fifty-second
Congresses (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1893); chairman, Committee on
Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Fifty-second Congress);
was not a candidate for renomination in 1892; again engaged in
banking and the practice of law; died in Auburn, Ind., January 31,
1898; interment in Waterloo Cemetery, Waterloo, Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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