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John McLean

Gender: Male
Religion: Methodist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Judge, Politician
Party Affiliation: Republican [1]

[1] Previously a Democrat, then an Anti-Mason.

Father: Fergus McLain (farmer)
Mother: Sophia Blackford
Brother: William McLean
Wife: Rebecca Edwards (m. 20-Mar-1807, d. 1840, four daughters, three sons)
Wife: Sarah Bella Ludlow Garrard (dau. of Israel Ludlow, m. 2-Mar-1843)

University: Harvard University (1806)

US Supreme Court Justice Justice (7-Mar-1829 to 4-Apr-1861, his death)
US Postmaster General (9-Dec-1823 to 7-Mar-1829, resigned)
US Official Commissioner, US General Land Office (1822-23)
Ohio State Supreme Court Justice (1816-22)
US Congressman, Ohio 1st (4-Mar-1813 to Feb-1816, resigned)
Law Clerk Court of Common Pleas, Hamilton County, OH (1804)
Western Star Founder
American Sunday School Union Honorary President (1849)
Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences
Freemasonry Columbus Lodge No. 30, Columbus, OH (unproven)
Ohio State Bar Association 1807
Irish Ancestry
Scottish Ancestry

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