John Little McClellan

John Little McClellan

John Little McClellan (born February 25, 1896 in Sheridan , Grant County , Arkansas , †  November 28, 1977 in Little Rock , Arkansas) was an American politician who represented the state of Arkansas in both chambers of Congress .

Life

John Little McClellan comes from a Democratic family and was named after the Democratic governor and US MP John Sebastian Little . He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1913 at the age of 17. He then opened a practice in Sheridan. During World War I he served in the US Army as First Lieutenant in the Aviation Section of the US Army Signal Corps between 1917 and 1919. After his discharge from the army, he moved to Malvern in 1919 and continued to practice as a lawyer out. He then served as District Attorney for Arkansas 7th Judicial District between 1927 and 1930.

politics

McClellan was elected a Democrat in the 74th and 75th Congresses. His term of office ran from January 3, 1935 to January 3, 1939. In 1938 he decided not to run for the 76th Congress, but unsuccessfully applied for a seat in the US Senate. He then returned to his practice as a lawyer in Camden .

In 1942 he was elected to the US Senate after all. He was confirmed every time until his death in 1977. During this time he was chairman of the spending committee in the governing ministry (81st and 82nd Congresses); Government Activities Committee (82nd to 92nd Congress); Special Committee on Employer-Employee Relations (85th and 86th Congresses) and Grants Committee (92nd through 95th Congress). He was also one of 19 Southern Senators who signed the Southern Manifesto , which spoke out against racial integration in public institutions.

John McClellan died on November 28, 1977 in Little Rock. He was buried in the Roselawn Memorial Park .

literature

• American National Biography; McClellan, John L. Crime Without Punishment. New York: Duel, Storn and Pearce, 1962; US Congress. Memorial Services. 95th Cong., 1st sess., 1977. Washington, United States Government Printing Office , 1977.

Web links

• John Little McClellan in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)