John McLean (Illinois politician)
- John McLean (Illinois politician)
Infobox_Senator
name= John McLean
jr/sr= US Senator
state= Illinois
term= 1824 - 1825 1829 - 1830
preceded=Ninian Edwards Jesse B. Thomas
succeeded=Elias K. Kane David J. Baker
date of birth=birth date|1791|2|4|mf=y
place of birth=Greensboro, North Carolina
date of death=death date and age|1830|10|14|1791|2|4|mf=y
place of death=Shawneetown, Illinois
spouse=
profession=lawyer
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John McLean (February 4, 1791–October 14, 1830) was a United States Representative and a Senator from Illinois.
Born near Guilford Court House (now Greensboro), Guilford County, North Carolina, February 4, 1791, McLean moved with his parents to Logan County, Kentucky in 1795. He moved to Illinois Territory in 1815. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois. When Illinois was admitted as a State into the Union, McLean was elected to the Fifteenth Congress and served from December 3, 1818, to March 3, 1819. He failed to be re-elected in 1818 to the Sixteenth Congress. He was also an unsuccessful candidate for congress in the 1820 and 1822 elections. He was elected to the Illinois State House of Representatives in 1820, 1826, and 1828, and served as speaker.
In 1824, McLean was elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Ninian Edwards and served from November 23, 1824 to March 3, 1825. He did not stand for reelection, but resumed the practice of law.
He was again elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1829, until his death, aged 39, in Shawneetown, Illinois in 1830. He was interred in Westwood Cemetery, near Shawneetown.
Legacy
McLean County, Illinois is named after him.
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