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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | George P. McLean |
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Simsbury, Connecticut , United States |
| Email | None |
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October 07, 1857
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| Died | June 06, 1932
(74 years)
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| Contributor | Wishful Thinking |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | Senator from Connecticut; born in Simsbury, Hartford County, Conn., October 7, 1857; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced practice in Hartford, Conn.; member, State house of representatives 1883-1884; member of the commission to revise the Connecticut statutes 1885; member, State senate 1886; United States district attorney for Connecticut 1892-1896; resumed the practice of law in Hartford; Governor of Connecticut 1901-1902; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1911; reelected in 1916 and again in 1922 and served from March 4, 1911, to March 3, 1929; declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1928; chairman, Committee on Forest Reservations and Game Protection (Sixty-second and Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Banking and Currency (Sixty-sixth through Sixty-ninth Congresses), Committee on Manufactures (Seventieth Congress); resumed the practice of law in Hartford, Conn.; died in Simsbury, Conn., June 6, 1932; interment in Simsbury Cemetery.
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