Alney McLean

Alney McLean (* June 10, 1779 in Burke County, North Carolina, † December 30, 1841, at Greenville, Kentucky ) was a member of the House of Representatives of the United States from Kentucky. The town of McLean County ( Kentucky) is named after him.

Early life

McLean was born on June 10, 1779, the son of Ephraim and Eliza ( Davidson) McLean in Burke County ( North Carolina). 1820 the family moved to Muhlenberg County. McLean was hired as a 20 -year-old in Muhlenberg County as a surveyor. In this capacity he took part in the survey from Greenville, Kentucky, and was discontinued after the city was founded in 1799 as an administrator. On 16 November 1805 he married Tabitha Russell Campbell, the daughter of General William Campbell; they got a total of 10 children.

Political and military career

McLean studied law and in 1805 was admitted to the bar. He practiced in Greenville. By the year 1808, he showed little interest in politics. His first political office he took over from 1812 to 1813 as the representative of Muhlenberg County in the House of Representatives from Kentucky. At the outbreak of the British - American War McLean formed a volunteer unit. Evidence shows that the volunteers were recruited on 18 September 1812. In 1813 he set 2 companies for the command of Lewis Kincheloe and himself together. The supreme command was General Samuel Hopkins in his campaign against the Indians of North America and the Battle of New Orleans. He was an opponent of General Andrew Jackson's statement that the Kentuckians " fled dishonorable " were during the battle, and remained until the end of his political career an opponent of Jackson.

McLean was as a Republican to the 14th Congress (March 4, 1815-3 March 1817. ) And in 1819 elected to the 16th Congress. After leaving Congress, he became district judge in the 14th District of Kentucky. This office he held until his death. As an elector in 1824 and 1832 he voted 2 times for Kentucky's famous son, Henry Clay.

Later life

In 1820 found McLean and his son William charcoal on your farm in the vicinity of the now-defunct Paradise City (Kentucky). At that time, wood was valuable and the Fund has been overlooked. 1830 built the McLeans the coal in a mine from and sold by Russellville (Kentucky). They transported the coal to bullock carts and barges with the Green River to Owensboro and Evansville ( Indiana). The McLean Mine was one of the first commercial coal mines in Muhlenberg County and because of your logistics is also important as other mines in the district.

McLean died in 1841 of pneumonia at Greenville, Kentucky and was buried in Old Caney Station Cemetery in Greenville, Kentucky. McLean County ( Kentucky) was formed from Muhlenberg and other cities, and named after him.