McClellan, John L. (John Little), 1896-1977
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John Little McClellan, Representative and Senator from Arkansas; born in Sheridan, Grant County, Ark., February 25, 1896; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1913, when he was seventeen; commenced practice in Sheridan, Ark.; served in the United States Army as a first lieutenant in the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps 1917-1919; moved to Malvern, Ark. in 1919 and continued the practice of law; prosecuting attorney of the seventh judicial district of Arkansas 1927-1930; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth Congress; reelected to the Seventy-fifth Congress (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1939); was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1938; resumed the practice of law in Camden, Ark.; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1942; reelected in 1948, 1954, 1960, 1966 and 1972 and served from January 3, 1943, until his death; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments (Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses); Committee on Government Operations (Eighty-fourth through Ninety-second Congresses), Select Committee on Labor Management Relations (Eighty-fifth and Eighty-sixth Congresses), Committee on Appropriations (Ninety-second through Ninety-fifth Congresses); died in Little Rock, Ark., November 28, 1977; interment in Roselawn Memorial Park.
From the description of John L. McClellan Collection, 1922-1977. (Ouachita Baptist University). WorldCat record id: 181378249
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associatedWith | Buchanan, Scott Millross, 1895-1968 |
associatedWith | Deane, Ernie. |
correspondedWith | Dodd, Thomas J. (Thomas Joseph), 1907-1971 |
associatedWith | Faubus, Orval Eugene, 1910-1994. |
associatedWith | Fogarty, John Edward, 1913-1967 |
associatedWith | Fulbright, J. William (James William), 1905-1995. |
associatedWith | Granik, Theodore, 1907-1970. |
associatedWith | Harris, Fred R., 1930- |
correspondedWith | Harvard Law School Forum |
associatedWith | Hoffa, James R. (James Riddle), 1913- |
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Birth 1896-02-25
Death 1977-11-28
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