Robert McClellan

Robert McClellan ( born October 2, 1806 Livingston, New York, † June 28, 1860 in Greenpoint, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. He represented 1837-1839 and 1841-1843 the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Robert McClellan was born in the beginning of the 19th century in Livingston. He graduated in 1825 from Williams College in Williamstown (Massachusetts ). He then studied law. After receiving his admission to the bar he practiced 1828-1843 in Middleburgh (New York). Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1836 for the 25th Congress McClellan was in the eighth election district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded John Adams and Aaron Van der Poel took on March 4, 1837 which had previously represented the eighth district together from New York in the U.S. House of Representatives. He retired after March 3, 1839, from from the Congress. In 1840 he was elected to the 27th Congress. On 4 March 1841 he joined the successor of John Ely and Aaron Van der Poel, who had previously represented the eighth district together from New York in the U.S. House of Representatives. He retired after the March 3, 1843 out of the Congress. As a Congressman he had presided over the Committee on Patents in his last term in office.

He died on June 28, 1860 in Green Point and was then buried in the Green-Wood Cemetery in the then still independent city of Brooklyn.