Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
Birth Date23 Nov 1865
Birth PlaceDresden, Saxony, GERMANY
Death Date30 Nov 1940929 Age: 75
Death PlaceWashington, D.C., USA
Burial Date1940
Burial PlaceArlington National Cemetery, Arlington Co., VA, USA
EducationPrinceton College, 1886
OccupationNewspaper Reporter; Lawyer; U.S. Congressman; Mayor New York City
FatherGeneral George Brinton McCLELLAN (1826-1885)
MotherEllen Mary MARCY (1830-1915)
Misc. Notes
Known within the family as “Max,” George Jr. was also a politician, serving as a United States Reprsentative from New York State and as Mayor of New York City from 1904 to 1909.
Neither he or his sister Mary had any children.
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In what was described as his last act in office as Mayor on December 31, 1909 McClellan formally opened he $31-million Manhattan Bridge that crosses the East River and connects The Bowery in Chinatown with Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn (Research).3352
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McClellan, George Brinton, a Representative from New York; born November 23, 1865, in Dresden, Saxony, where his parents were visiting; attended St. John’s School, Sing Sing (now Ossining), N.Y.; was graduated from Princeton College in 1886; worked as a reporter and in editorial positions on several New York newspapers; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1892 and commenced practice in New York City; treasurer of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge 1889-1893; president of the Board of Aldermen of New York City in 1893 and 1894; delegate to all Democratic National, State, and city conventions between 1890 and 1903; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1895, to December 21, 1903, when he resigned, having been elected mayor of New York City; served as mayor from 1903 to 1910; university lecturer on public affairs 1908-1912; elected professor of economic history at Princeton University in 1912; an incorporator, trustee, and vice president of the American Academy in Rome; during the First World War entered the military service as major in the Ordnance Department in May 1917 and was honorably discharged in May 1919 as lieutenant colonel; commissioned colonel in the Ordnance Officers’ Reserve Corps; resumed his position at Princeton University; resided in Washington, D.C., until his death on November 30, 1940; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.3353
Neither he or his sister Mary had any children.
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In what was described as his last act in office as Mayor on December 31, 1909 McClellan formally opened he $31-million Manhattan Bridge that crosses the East River and connects The Bowery in Chinatown with Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn (Research).3352
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McClellan, George Brinton, a Representative from New York; born November 23, 1865, in Dresden, Saxony, where his parents were visiting; attended St. John’s School, Sing Sing (now Ossining), N.Y.; was graduated from Princeton College in 1886; worked as a reporter and in editorial positions on several New York newspapers; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1892 and commenced practice in New York City; treasurer of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge 1889-1893; president of the Board of Aldermen of New York City in 1893 and 1894; delegate to all Democratic National, State, and city conventions between 1890 and 1903; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1895, to December 21, 1903, when he resigned, having been elected mayor of New York City; served as mayor from 1903 to 1910; university lecturer on public affairs 1908-1912; elected professor of economic history at Princeton University in 1912; an incorporator, trustee, and vice president of the American Academy in Rome; during the First World War entered the military service as major in the Ordnance Department in May 1917 and was honorably discharged in May 1919 as lieutenant colonel; commissioned colonel in the Ordnance Officers’ Reserve Corps; resumed his position at Princeton University; resided in Washington, D.C., until his death on November 30, 1940; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.3353