George B. McClellan, Jr.
| George B. McClellan Jr. | |
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| 93rd Mayor of New York City | |
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In office January 1, 1904 – December 31, 1909 |
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| Preceded by | Seth Low |
| Succeeded by | William Jay Gaynor |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 12th district |
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In office March 4, 1895 – December 21, 1903 |
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| Preceded by | William Bourke Cockran |
| Succeeded by | William Bourke Cockran |
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George Brinton McClellan Jr. November 23, 1865 Dresden, Saxony |
| Died | November 30, 1940 (aged 75) Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Georgiana Louise Heckscher (b. 1863 – d.1952) |
George Brinton McClellan Jr. (November 23, 1865 – November 30, 1940), was an American politician, statesman, author, historian and educator. The son of American Civil War general and presidential candidate George B. McClellan, he was the 93rd Mayor of New York City, serving from 1904 to 1909.
McClellan, known to his family as "Max", was born in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony (Germany), where his parents were visiting. He went to school in Trenton in New Jersey – where his father was Governor – and later Saint John's School in Ossining, New York. From 1885 to 1888 he served in the New York Army National Guard. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree at Princeton in 1886 and his Master of Arts in 1889; Princeton, Fordham University, and Union College later gave him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. After leaving school, he engaged in reportorial and editorial work at the New York World and other newspapers. In 1892 he was admitted to the bar. He served for some time as secretary and treasurer of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge.
In 1892, McClellan was elected president of the Board of Aldermen of New York City for the following two years, and for a part of 1894 he served as acting mayor. His success and popularity enabled him in 1895 to become a United States Congressman (as a Democrat), a position he held until resigning to become mayor in late 1903. In Congress, he was a prominent member of the Ways and Means Committee. While in Congress McClellan made speeches in favor of the gold standard, an issue that divided the fiscally conservative from the agrarian wing of the Democratic Party, although he avoided committing himself on the subject in the campaign of 1896.
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