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William Pinckney McLean Full Name: William Pinckney McLean, Sr. Date of birth: August 9, 1836 Date of death: March 13, 1925 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 9 Feb 8, 1870 - Jan 14, 1873 12th (1) (2)   Democrat Mount Pleasant / Titus   Red River, Titus H 62 Nov 4, 1861 - Jan 7, 1862 9th (3)     Victoria / Victoria   Calhoun, DeWitt, Jackson, Victoria (1) "Judge McLean has been an active Democratic worker . . . " Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892. (2) Party affiliation, Conservative. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas. (3) 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 Notes and Resources 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 1774-Present. MCLEAN, WILLIAM PINCKNEY (1836-1925). Handbook of Texas Online. Portrait and biographical sketch. 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 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. Photographs Photograph. William Pinckney McLean, Constitutional Convention of 1875 Composite Photo. From the collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commisison. Photograph. William McLean, 12th Legislature, Austin History Center 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 Informationtop 12th Adjourned - 1871 Internal Improvements   Judiciary   12th R.S. - 1871 Counties and County Boundaries   House Employees, Regulate Pay of   Internal Improvements   Public Lands and Land Office   Rules   State Affairs (Chair)  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   12th Provisional - 1870 Enrolled Bills   Privileges and Elections   Thirteenth Amendment, Report of   9th R.S. - 1861 Counties and County Boundaries   Education

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