Background
Mcclelland, William was born on March 2, 1842 in Mount Jackson, Pennsylvania, United States.
United States representative lawyer politician
Mcclelland, William was born on March 2, 1842 in Mount Jackson, Pennsylvania, United States.
He attended Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.
He served in the American Civil War for four years. He attended Allegheny College, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice at Mount Jackson in 1870. McClelland was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872.
He resumed the practice of his profession, and died in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1892. Interment in Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Member United States House