Louis McLane
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| United States Minister to the United Kingdom | |
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In office August 8, 1845 – August 18, 1846 |
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| Appointed by | James Polk |
| Preceded by | Edward Everett |
| Succeeded by | George Bancroft |
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In office October 12, 1829 – June 13, 1831 |
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| Appointed by | Andrew Jackson |
| Preceded by | James Barbour |
| Succeeded by | Martin Van Buren |
| 12th United States Secretary of State | |
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In office May 29, 1833 – June 30, 1834 |
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| President | Andrew Jackson |
| Preceded by | Edward Livingston |
| Succeeded by | John Forsyth |
| 10th United States Secretary of the Treasury | |
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In office August 8, 1831 – May 29, 1833 |
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| President | Andrew Jackson |
| Preceded by | Samuel Ingham |
| Succeeded by | William Duane |
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United States Senator from Delaware |
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In office March 4, 1827 – April 16, 1829 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Clayton |
| Succeeded by | Arnold Naudain |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Delaware's At-large district |
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In office March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1827 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Clayton |
| Succeeded by | Kensey Johns |
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May 28, 1786 Smyrna, Delaware, United States |
| Died | October 7, 1857 (aged 71) Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
| Political party | Democratic Party (1827–1857) |
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Federalist Party (Before 1825) National Republican Party (1825–1827) |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine Milligan McLane |
| Alma mater | Newark College |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Christian (Episcopal) |
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Louis McLane (May 28, 1786 – October 7, 1857) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware, and Baltimore, Maryland. He was a veteran of the War of 1812 and a member of the Federalist Party and later the Democratic Party. He served as the U.S. Representative from Delaware, U.S. Senator from Delaware, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Secretary of State, Minister Plenipotentiary to the United Kingdom, and President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. As a member of President Andrew Jackson's Cabinet, McLane was a prominent figure during the Bank War. McLane pursued a more moderate approach towards the Second Bank of the United States than the President, but agreed with Jackson's decision in 1832 to veto a Congressional bill renewing the Bank's charter. He also helped draft the Force Bill in 1833.
Named for the King of France, Louis McLane was born in Smyrna, Delaware, son of Allen and Rebecca Wells McLane. Allen McLane was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War and long time tax collector for the port of Wilmington. He was well-known and a fervently loyal Federalist. As such he received the strong backing of James A. Bayard, who managed to see that the elder McLane was able to keep his lucrative position in spite of the accession of Thomas Jefferson to the presidency in 1801. In fact, he held the office until the administration of Andrew Jackson. Much of his income came from the seizure of contraband and Louis McLane inherited much of this wealth, along with legal issues that lasted well beyond the death of his father.
Louis McLane attended private schools and served as a midshipman on the USS Philadelphia for one year before he was 18. He then attended Newark College, later the University of Delaware, and studied law under James A. Bayard. Admitted to the bar in 1807, he began a practice in Wilmington, Delaware. He married Catherine Mary Milligan (Kitty) in 1812, and they had 13 children, including Robert Milligan McLane (1815-1898), who became a notable American ambassador and Governor of Maryland and Lydia Milligan Sims McLane (1822–1887), wife of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston.
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