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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkGeorge Brinton McCLELLAN
(1865-1940)
McCLELLAN, George Brinton,
a Representative from New York; born November 23, 1865, in Dresden,
Saxony, where his parents were visiting; attended St. John’s
School, Sing Sing (now Ossining), N.Y.; was graduated from
Princeton College in 1886; worked as a reporter and in editorial
positions on several New York newspapers; studied law; was admitted
to the bar in 1892 and commenced practice in New York City;
treasurer of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge 1889-1893; president
of the Board of Aldermen of New York City in 1893 and 1894;
delegate to all Democratic National, State, and city conventions
between 1890 and 1903; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth
and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4,
1895, to December 21, 1903, when he resigned, having been elected
mayor of New York City; served as mayor from 1903 to 1910;
university lecturer on public affairs 1908-1912; elected professor
of economic history at Princeton University in 1912; an
incorporator, trustee, and vice president of the American Academy
in Rome; during the First World War entered the military service as
major in the Ordnance Department in May 1917 and was honorably
discharged in May 1919 as lieutenant colonel; commissioned colonel
in the Ordnance Officers’ Reserve Corps; resumed his position
at Princeton University; resided in Washington, D.C., until his
death on November 30, 1940; interment in Arlington National
Cemetery.
Bibliography
McClellan, George B. The Gentleman and the Tiger. Edited
from the original manuscript in the possession of the New-York
Historical Society, by Harold C. Syrett. Philadelphia: J.B.
Lippincott Co., 1956.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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