Background
He was born in New York City and claimed Scottish descent.
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Malcolm Maclean
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He was a Democrat and belonged to the local Citizen"s Committee faction of the party. He moved to Savannah, Georgia with his family, when he was young. Alderman
Maclean succeeded Doctor Ellison Cook as a Council member in 1957 and became Mayor Pro Tem in 1958.
Mayor
After the resignation of incumbent Mayor Lee Mingledorff, Junior. who decided to run for a seat on the Chatham County Commission in 1960, Maclean was selected by his peers to take over the Chief Executive"s job.
He then served the remainder of Mingledorff"s term, which expired in 1962. He continued Mingledorff"s local programs of public road improvements.
He also worked with civil rights activists such as Westley Wallace Law and Eugene Gadsden and public facilities were integrated under his tenure. In 1966, Maclean suffered a white backlash.
White people, especially segregationists considered him to be soft on racial issues.
Savannah voters, who had given Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater a majority in 1964, defeated Maclean and his slate. Republican businessman Julius Curtis Lewis, Junior. succeeded Maclean as Mayor.
