William Pinckney McLean
Full Name: William Pinckney McLean, Sr.Other surnames: William Pinkney McLean
Date of birth: August 9, 1836
Date of death: March 13, 1925
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 9 | Feb 8, 1870 - Jan 14, 1873 | 12th (1) (2) (3) | Democrat | Mount Pleasant / Titus | Red River, Titus | |
| H | 62 | Nov 4, 1861 - Jan 7, 1862 | 9th (4) | Victoria / Victoria | Calhoun, DeWitt, Jackson, Victoria |
(1) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Qualified and took the oath of office on 2/8/1870. House Journal.
(2) "Judge McLean has been an active Democratic worker . . . " Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
(3) Party affiliation, Conservative. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.
(4) Jacob B. Reid, sworn 2/2/1863, succeeded William P. McLean, resigned 1/7/1862. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
Terms of Service top
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House District 9
Feb 8, 1870 - Jan 14, 1873 Legislatures: 12th (1) (2) (3) Party: Democrat Home City/County: Mount Pleasant / Titus Counties in district: Red River, Titus |
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House District 62
Nov 4, 1861 - Jan 7, 1862 Legislatures: 9th (4) Home City/County: Victoria / Victoria Counties in district: Calhoun, DeWitt, Jackson, Victoria |
(1) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Qualified and took the oath of office on 2/8/1870. House Journal.
(2) "Judge McLean has been an active Democratic worker . . . " Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
(3) Party affiliation, Conservative. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.
(4) Jacob B. Reid, sworn 2/2/1863, succeeded William P. McLean, resigned 1/7/1862. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
Biographical Information top
Resolutions and Journal entries
- 39th Legislature, R.S., HCR 48, 3/13/1925, p. 1584. Resolutions - Memorial.
Biographical Sketches
- McLEAN, William Pinkney (1836-1925). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.
- MCLEAN, WILLIAM PINCKNEY (1836-1925). Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch, William Pinkney McLean, pp. 344-345. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, 1890.
- Portrait and biographical sketch, William Pinkney McLean, Railroad Commissioner, pp. 101-102. Born 8/9/1836 in Hinds County, Mississippi. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
- Portrait and biographical sketch, pp. 117-118. Texans and Their State: A Newspaper Reference Work, 1918.
Military Service Notes
- Confederate States Army, 19th Texas Infantry, Walker's Texas Division; Adjutant General. Handbook of Texas Online.
- 35th Legislature, Communications from Members of 9th Legislature, 2/7 and 2/8/1917, p. 496: S.J.P. McDowell (served as member of 9th Legislature, 1st session in 1861-1862, then resigned and entered Confederate military service) and W.P. McLean ("I believe Judge Lindsay, at Gainesville, and I are the only surviving members of the 9th Legislature and I well remember that we were the youngest members of that body. We both resigned at the close of the first session and went into the Confederate army . . ."). House Journal.
- Confederate States Army, Major, 19th Texas Infantry. William Pinkney McLean. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
- Biographical sketch, p. 157. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.
Other Resources
- Railroad Commissioners Past through Present, with dates of service. Railroad Commission of Texas.
- Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1875. Included in Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas: Begun and Held at the City of Austin Texas. Constitutional Convention (1875). Galveston : Printed for the Convention at the "News" Office, 1875, pp. 3-4. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
Photographs
- Photograph. William McLean, 12th Legislature, Austin History Center
- Photograph. William Pinckney McLean, Constitutional Convention of 1875 Composite Photo. From the collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commisison.
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- Democratic Members of the House of Representatives, 12th Legislature, April 18, 1871 (Austin History Center). Austin History Center.
Committee Information top
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12th Adjourned - 1871
Internal Improvements Judiciary | ||
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12th R.S. - 1871
Counties and County Boundaries House Employees, Regulate Pay of Internal Improvements Public Lands and Land Office Rules State Affairs (Chair) | ||
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12th 1st C.S. - 1870
Blind Asylum, Select Determine Number of House Clerks, Select Committee Elections and Privileges Enrolled Bills House Officer and Employee Compensation, Select Internal Improvement Mileage Schedule State Affairs | ||
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12th Provisional - 1870
Enrolled Bills Privileges and Elections Thirteenth Amendment, Report of | ||
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9th R.S. - 1861
Counties and County Boundaries Education |
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