Background
MCLEAN, James Robert was born on September 21, 1823 in Enfield, North Carolina, United States, United States.
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James Robert McLean
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Public school.
Career
He was orphaned at an early age. Raised by relatives, he attended the local schools, studied law under John A. Gilmer and was admitted to the North Carolina bar in 1844. McLean also farmed in Guilford County, North Carolina.
A Presbyterian and a Democrat, he married and had a large family. He moved his law practice to Rockford, North Carolina, in 1845, and in 1850-1851, he served in the state legislature. In 1852 he moved back to Greensboro in Guilford County, and he lived there when the war broke out.
McLean was an active secessionist. In the first Confederate House he represented the Sixth Congressional District of North Carolina. He served on the Foreign Affairs and Claims Committees, and on the special committee for the relief of individuals who had lost their lands to the Northern invaders.
Although he did not seek reelection, he had ably served the Davis administration and he had urged the citizens of North Carolina to pursue a vigorous defensive war. For three months in the fall of 1864, he was a major in a regiment of the North Carolina senior reserves. He also fought in the last Confederate battle in North Carolina at Bentonville.
When the war ended, he returned to his law practice in hopes of recovering his wartime losses.
Religion
"Peculiar institution" of slavery was not only expedient but also ordained by God and upheld in Holy Scripture.
Politics
Stands for preserving slavery, states' rights, and political liberty for whites. Every individual state is sovereign, even to the point of secession.
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United States