"Friendship," the estate of John R. McLean, Wisconsin Avenue at Porter House N.W., Washington, D.C., built in 1898. Photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston.
He was born in Cincinnati, to Washington McLean (the owner and publisher of The Cincinnati Enquirer) and his wife, Mary.
McLean received the Democratic Party's nomination for the United States Senate in 1885 and for the Ohio governor's seat in 1899. He lost both elections.[citation needed]
john, mclean, publisher, other, persons, named, john, mclean, john, mclean, disambiguation, john, roll, mclean, september, 1848, june, 1916, owner, publisher, washington, post, cincinnati, enquirer, mclean, also, time, partner, ownership, cincinnati, stockings. For other persons named John McLean see John McLean disambiguation John Roll McLean September 17 1848 June 9 1916 was the owner and publisher of The Washington Post and The Cincinnati Enquirer McLean was also a one time partner in the ownership of the Cincinnati Red Stockings baseball team of the American Association and also the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds of the Union Association 1 John Roll McLean 1904 Friendship the estate of John R McLean Wisconsin Avenue at Porter House N W Washington D C built in 1898 Photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston He was born in Cincinnati to Washington McLean the owner and publisher of The Cincinnati Enquirer and his wife Mary In 1904 he and Senator Stephen Benton Elkins built the Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad 2 McLean Virginia which grew up around the railroad is named for him In 1905 he and his father purchased a controlling interest in The Washington Post citation needed McLean received the Democratic Party s nomination for the United States Senate in 1885 and for the Ohio governor s seat in 1899 He lost both elections citation needed He married Emily Beale and was the father of Edward Beale McLean who took over ownership of the newspaper was the owner of the Hope Diamond His sister Mildred was the wife of General William Babcock Hazen and Admiral George Dewey His former estate Friendship is now McLean Gardens 3 References Edit Riess Steven A 1999 Touching Base Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era p 55 University of Illinois Press ISBN 978 0 2520 6775 4 Guillaudeu David A Mccray Paul E 2013 Washington amp Old Dominion Railroad Arcadia Publishing p 37 ISBN 978 0 7385 9792 8 Brenner Joel Glenn December 18 1993 McLean Gardens Suburb in the City The Washington Post Retrieved August 20 2018 External links EditJohn R McLean at Ohio History Central Media related to John R McLean at Wikimedia CommonsParty political officesPreceded byHorace L Chapman Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Ohio1899 Succeeded byJames Kilbourne Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John R McLean publisher amp oldid 1124266347, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
