Background
He was the son of John McClelland and Margaret McClelland.
politician member of the New York State Senate
He was the son of John McClelland and Margaret McClelland.
He attended private schools, and graduated from Mountain. Washington Collegiate Institute in 1863. He graduated from New York University School of Law in 1867, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in New York City.
He was an Assistant Doctorate.A. of New York County from 1898 to 1901 (under Asa Bird Gardiner and Eugene A Philbin). In 1916, he was again appointed as an Assistant Doctorate.A. (under Edward Swann), prosecuting criminal cases. McClelland died on January 13, 1919, at his home at 402 South Sixth Avenue in Mount Vernon, New York, of heart disease.
McClelland was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Company, 9th Doctorate) in 1882. He was a member of the New York State Senate (13th Doctorate) from 1911 to 1914, sitting in the 134th, 135th, 136th and 137th New York State Legislatures.
