John L. McClellan

A Representative and a Senator from Arkansas. Born in Sheridan, Grant County, Ark. , February 25, 1896. Studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1913, when he was seventeen. Commenced practice in Sheridan, Ark. During the First World War served in the United States Army as a first lieutenant in the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps 1917-1919. Moved to Malvern, Ark. , in 1919 and continued the practice of law. Prosecuting attorney of the seventh judicial district of Arkansas 1927-1930. Elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth Congress. Reelected to the Seventy-fifth Congress (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1939). Was not a candidate in 1938 for reelection but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate. Resumed the practice of law in Camden, Ark. Elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1942. Reelected in 1948, 1954, 1960, 1966 and 1972 and served from January 3, 1943, until his death. Chairman, Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments (Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses). Committee on Government Operations (Eighty-fourth through Ninety-second Congresses), Select Committee on Labor Management Relations (Eighty-fifth and Eighty-sixth Congresses), Committee on Appropriations (Ninety-second through Ninety-fifth Congresses). Died in Little Rock, Ark. , November 28, 1977. Interment in Roselawn Memorial Park.