词条 | James Henry McLean |
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| name = James Henry McLean | image = James Henry McLean (Missouri Congressman).jpg | alt = | caption = James Henry McLean (Missouri Congressman) | state = Missouri | district = 2nd | term_start = December 15, 1882 | term_end = March 3, 1883 | predecessor = Thomas Allen | successor = Armstead M. Alexander | birth_date = {{birth date|1829|8|13}} | birth_place = Ayrshire, Scotland | death_date = {{death date and age|1886|8|12|1829|8|13}} | death_place = Dansville, New York, U.S. | resting_place = Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | party = Republican }} James Henry McLean (August 13, 1829 – August 12, 1886) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. BiographyBorn in Ayrshire, Scotland, McLean was raised in Nova Scotia, Canada, where his father was manager of the Albion Mining Company. Having begun studying medicine with the mining company's resident physician, in 1842 he accepted $200 from his father, intending to sail to the United States and pursue a career in the medical field. He stayed aboard ship so he could visit Bermuda, then lived in Boston before settling in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1842. McLean secured a position as a clerk in a drug store, and continued to learn the medical profession, including courses at the University of Pennsylvania. McLean was briefly employed as a clerk for a mining company in Minersville, in 1849 he moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where his business acumen enabled him to make a profit in the sale of building lots and he began a career in the patent medicine business as a partner in a venture to distribute a medicine, George A. Westbrook's "Mexican Mustang Liniment", which was touted as being for man, horse, and other beasts.[1] In 1850 he moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, where his skill and judgment at turning a profit by purchasing and then re-selling the only supply of turpentine then available in the city led to his taking charge of finances for the Narciso López expedition that attempted to liberate Cuba from control of Spain. In 1851 McLean returned to St. Louis to continue his studies, and he resumed his work in patent medicine as the creator and distributor of "Dr. McLean's Volcanic Oil Liniment", a product that placed him in competition and caused controversy with his former partner in the "Mexican Mustang Liniment" venture. He graduated from the St. Louis Medical College in 1863, and continued expansion of his business enterprises, a monthly newspaper and almanacs. His patent medicines, including "McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier", were so successful that he employed an international sales force, and operated fleets of wagons, ships and railroad cars to facilitate their distribution. Mclean was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas Allen and served from December 15, 1882 to March 3, 1883. During his career Mclean also patented several inventions, including a dredging machine. In the early 1880s McLean patented an early version of the machine gun, which did not prove viable. As a devout Methodist, he opposed violence, and hoped that weapons capable of mass killing would prove to be so terrible that nations would be discouraged from going to war. He died in Dansville, New York on August 12, 1886, and was buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri. References1. ^Fike 1987:135-136; New York Daily Tribune, April 26, 1873, in Wilson 1981:41 {{CongBio|M000548}}
Fike, Richard E. 1987. The Bottle Book: A Comprehensive Guide to Historic, Embossed Medicine Bottles. Peregrine Smith Books, Salt Lake City. Wilson, Rex L. 1981. Bottles on the Western Frontier. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson. New York Daily Tribune. April 26, 1873. Advertisement for Mexican Mustang Liniment. {{s-start}}{{s-par|us-hs}}{{USRepSuccessionBox| state=Missouri | district=2 | before=Thomas Allen | after=Armstead M. Alexander | years= December 15, 1882 – March 3, 1883}}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:McLean, James Henry}} 12 : 1829 births|1886 deaths|People from Ayrshire|19th-century American politicians|American people of Scottish descent|Canadian emigrants to the United States|Members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri|Missouri Republicans|Patent medicine businesspeople|Politicians from St. Louis|Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives|Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Nova Scotia |
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