John L. McClellan.

John Little McClellan (25 February 1896 – 28 November 1977) was a Democratic Party politician from Arkansas. He represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1943 until 1977. He also represented Arkansas in the United States House of Representatives. John L. McClellan official portrait File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... John L. McClellan official portrait File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other one being the Republican Party. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics to the extent of holding or running for public office. ... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Little Rock Little Rock Area  Ranked 29th  - Total 53,179 sq mi  (137,732 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 261 miles (420 km)  - % water 2. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... The chamber of the United States House of Representatives is located in the south wing of the Capitol building, in Washington, D.C.. This photograph shows a rare glimpse of the four vote tallying boards (the blackish squares across the top), which display each members name and vote as...

Early life

McClellan was born in Sheridan, Grant County, Arkansas. He came from a Democratic family who named him after Democratic Governor and Representative John Sebastian Little. McClellan studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1913 at the age of 17, becoming the youngest lawyer in the United States. He started private law practice in Sheridan. Sheridan is a city located in Grant County, Arkansas. ... Grant County is a county in the U.S. state of Arkansas. ... Official language(s) English Capital Largest city Little Rock Little Rock Area  Ranked 29th  - Total 53,179 sq mi  (137,732 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 261 miles (420 km)  - % water 2. ... John Sebastian Little (14 March 1851 - 29 October 1916) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas. ...

McClellan served in the United States Army from 1917 to 1919 during World War I as a First Lieutenant in the aviation section of the US Signal Corps. The United States Army is the branch of the United States armed forces that has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead:5 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:8 million Military dead:4 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:7 million The First World... First Lieutenant is a military rank. ... Branch insignia of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, representing Myers Wigwag The U.S. Army Signal Corps was founded in 1861 by United States Army Major Albert J. Myer, a physician by training. ...

Early political career

After returning from the Army in 1919, he moved to Malvern, Arkansas where he served as prosecuting attorney in the 7th judicial district from 1927 to 1930. Malvern is a city located in Hot Spring County, Arkansas. ...

In 1935, McClellan was elected as a Representative of the Democratic Party from the 6th District of Arkansas to the 74th Congress. He was re-elected to the 75th Congress in 1937. He did not run for re-election in 1938 to pursue an unsuccessful candidacy for the Senate against the first elected female senator in US History, Hattie Caraway. In 1940, 1944, and 1948, McClellan was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Arkansas. During this period, he moved to Camden, Arkansas to practice law. The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Pre-Colonial America For details, see the main Pre-Colonial America article. ... Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway (February 1, 1878 - December 21, 1950) was the first woman elected to serve as a United States Senator. ... Camden is a city located in Ouachita County, Arkansas. ...

US Senate service

McClellan served as Senator from Arkansas from 1943 to 1977, when he died in office. During his tenure, he served as chairman of the Appropriations Committee and served 22 years as chairman of the Committee on Government Operations. McClellan was the longest serving United States Senator in Arkansas history. During the later part of his Senate service Arkansas had, perhaps, the most powerful Congressional delegations with McClellan as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Wilbur Mills as chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, Oren Harris as chair of the House Commerce Committee, Senator J. William Fulbright on foreign relations, Took Gathings as Ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, and James W. Trimble as a member of the powerful House Rules Committee. Wilbur Daigh Mills (May 24, 1909-May 2, 1992), was a powerful Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Arkansas. ... James William Fulbright (April 9, 1905–February 9, 1995) was a well-known member of the United States Senate representing Arkansas. ...

McClellan also served for eighteen years as chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (1955 – 1973) and continued the hearings into subversive activities at U.S. Army Signal Corps Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, where Soviet spies Julius Rosenberg, Al Sarant and Joel Barr all worked in the 1940s. He was a participant of the famous Army-McCarthy Hearings and led a Democratic walkout of that subcommittee in protest of Senator Joseph McCarthy's conduct in those hearings. Under his leadership, the committee conducted the famous Valachi Hearings investigating Teamsters head Jimmy Hoffa. During this period, he hired Robert F. Kennedy as chief counsel and vaulted him into the national spotlight. McClellan investigated numerous cases of government corruption including numerous defense contractors and Texas financier Billie Sol Estes. The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is currently chaired by Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN), with Carl Levin (D-MI) as a ranking member. ... Subversion is an overturning or uprooting. ... The U.S. Army Signal Corps was founded in 1861 by United States Army Major Albert J. Myer, a physician by training. ... This is a list of notable spies or alleged spies by the country for which they worked. ... The Rosenbergs Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg (1915-1953) and Julius Rosenberg (1918-1953) were American Communists who captured and maintained world attention after being tried, convicted, and executed for spying for the Soviet Union. ... Alfred Epaminondas Sarant, also Filipp Georgievich Staros and Philip Georgievich Staros, was a member of the Communist Political Association in New York City in 1944 and engineer who was part of the Rosenberg spy ring that reported to Soviet intelligence in New York City. ... Joel Barr, also Iozef Veniaminovich Berg and Joseph Berg, attended City College of New York with Julius Rosenberg and later worked with Rosenberg and Al Sarant at the United States Army Signal Corps laboratories at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey during World War II. Barr and Sarant were recruited into espionage... Early in 1954, the U.S. Army accused Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (Republican, Wisconsin), and his chief counsel, Roy Cohn, of pressuring the Army to give favorable treatment to former McCarthy aide and friend of Cohns, G. David Schine. ... Joseph Raymond McCarthy Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908–May 2, 1957) was a Republican Senator from the state of Wisconsin between 1947 and 1957. ... The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), formerly known by the name International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, is one of the largest labor unions in the United States. ... James Riddle Hoffa (known as Jimmy Hoffa; born 14 February 1913; disappeared 30 July 1975) was a noted American labor leader who is also well-known in popular culture for the mysterious circumstances surrounding his still-unexplained disappearance and presumed death. ... RFK redirects here. ... Official language(s) See: Languages of Texas Capital Largest city Austin Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 268,581 sq. ... Billie Sol Estes (b. ...

Personal life

McClellan experienced many personal tragedies in his life. McClellan's second wife died of spinal meningitis in 1935 and his son Max died of the same disease while serving in Africa during World War II in 1943. His son John L. Jr. died in 1949 in an automobile accident. His son James H. died in a plane crash in 1958. Meningitis is inflammation of the membranes (meninges) covering the brain and the spinal cord. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II...

McClellan died in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1977 and was buried at Roselawn Memorial Park in Little Rock. Little Rock skyline Nickname: The Capital City, Rock-Town, City of Roses Map Political Statistics Founded 1821 Incorporated 1831 County Pulaski County Mayor Jim Dailey Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 302. ...

The Army Corps of Engineers maintained McClellan-Kerr Navigation System on the Arkansas River is named in his honor. Ouachita Baptist University is the repository for his official papers. United States Army Corps of Engineers logo The United States Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, is made up of some 34,600 military men and women. ... Lower Arkansas River The Arkansas River is a tributary of the Mississippi which flows east and southeast through Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and the state of Arkansas. ... Ouachita Baptist University is a United States university offering undergraduate education. ...