William McClelland

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William McClelland (March 2, 1842–February 7, 1892) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

William McClelland was born in Mount Jackson, Pennsylvania. 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.

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• William McClelland at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by Joseph B. Donley

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district 1871 - 1873

Succeeded by William S. Moore