Background
Mclean, John Roll was born on September 17, 1848 in Cincinnati. Son of Washington and Mary L. M. Collge Pharmacy Collge Pharmacy.
Mclean, John Roll was born on September 17, 1848 in Cincinnati. Son of Washington and Mary L. M. Collge Pharmacy Collge Pharmacy.
Harvard University.
He was born in Cincinnati, to Washington McLean, the owner and publisher of The Cincinnati Enquirer. In 1905, he and his father purchased a controlling interest in The Washington Post. In 1904, he and Senator Stephen Benton Elkins built the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad.
McLean, Virginia, which grew up around the railroad, is named for him.
McLean received the Democratic Party"s nomination for the United States Senate in 1885 and for the Ohio governor"s seat in 1899. He lost both elections.
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