1. Alney McLean was a United States representative from Kentucky.
13 Facts About Alney McLean
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Alney McLean pursued preparatory studies, likely at Davidson Academy where Ephraim was a trustee.
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At age twenty Alney McLean relocated to Kentucky where he was appointed surveyor of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
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On November 16,1805, Alney McLean married Tabitha Russell Campbell, daughter of Revolutionary War general William Campbell; the couple had ten children.
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Alney McLean studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1805 and commenced practice in Greenville.
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Alney McLean showed little interest in politics until at least 1808.
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Alney McLean was first elected to office in 1812, representing Muhlenberg County in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1812 to 1813.
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At the outset of the War of 1812, Alney McLean organized a company of volunteers.
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Alney McLean was elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress, serving from March 4,1815, to March 3,1817.
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Alney McLean returned to Congress in 1819, serving in the Sixteenth Congress.
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Some credit Alney McLean with helping Clay, with whom he served in two separate Kentucky Congressional delegations, form the Whig Party in opposition to Jackson.
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The Alney McLean mine was one of the first commercial mines in Muhlenberg County and was later valued above other mines in the county because of its transportation facilities.
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Alney McLean died of pneumonia near Greenville, Kentucky, in 1841 and was buried in Old Caney Station Cemetery, near Greenville, Kentucky.