Alney McLean

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Alney McLean (born June 10, 1779 in Burke County , North Carolina , † December 30, 1841 , in Greenville , Kentucky ) was a member of the House of Representatives of the United States from Kentucky. The city of McLean County, Kentucky is named after him.

Early life

McLean was born on June 10, 1779 to Ephraim and Eliza (Davidson) McLean in Burke County, North Carolina . In 1820 the family moved to Muhlenberg County . McLean was hired as a surveyor in Muhlenberg County at the age of 20. In that capacity, he participated in the survey of Greenville, Kentucky and was hired as an administrator after the town was founded in 1799. On November 16, 1805 he married Tabitha Russell Campbell, the daughter of General William Campbell; they had a total of 10 children.

Political and military career

McLean studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1805. He practiced in Greenville. Until 1808 he showed little political interest. He took his first political office from 1812 to 1813 as a representative of Muhlenberg County in the Kentucky House of Representatives . When the British-American War broke out, McLean formed a volunteer unit. Evidence shows that the volunteers were recruited on September 18, 1812. In 1813 he put 2 companies together for the command of Lewis Kincheloe and himself. General Samuel Hopkins was in command of his campaign against the Indians of North America and the Battle of New Orleans . He did not support General Andrew Jackson's statement that the Kentuckians "fled dishonorably" during the battle and remained an opponent of Jackson, who later became the 7th President of the United States , until the end of his political career .

McLean was elected a Republican to the 14th Congress (March 4, 1815 - March 3, 1817) and the 16th Congress in 1819. After leaving Congress, he became a District Judge in the 14th District of Kentucky. He held this office until his death. As an electorate in 1824 and 1832, he voted twice for Kentucky's famous son Henry Clay .

Next life

In 1820, McLean and his son William found coal on their farm near the now defunct town of Paradise, Kentucky. At the time, wood was more valuable and the find was overlooked. From 1830, the McLeans mined the coal and sold it to Russellville (Kentucky). They transported the coal on bullock carts and barges down the Green River to Owensboro and Evansville, Indiana . The McLean Mine was one of the first commercial coal mines in Muhlenberg County and also more important than other mines in the district because of its logistics.

McLean died of pneumonia near Greenville, Kentucky in 1841 and was buried in Old Caney Station Cemetery near Greenville, Kentucky. McLean County in Kentucky was formed from Muhlenberg and other places and named after him.

Individual evidence

  1. Rothert, p. 72
  2. ^ Biographical Encyclopedia of Kentucky
  3. Rothert, p. 71
  4. a b c d Rothert, p. 70
  5. ^ Biographical sketch of the Hon. Lazarus W. Powell
  6. Rothert, pp. 389-390

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