Louis McLane

Louis McLane
United States Minister to the United Kingdom
In office
August 8, 1845 – August 18, 1846
MonarchVictoria
PresidentJames Polk
Preceded byEdward Everett
Succeeded byGeorge Bancroft
In office
October 12, 1829 – June 13, 1831
MonarchsGeorge IV
William IV
PresidentAndrew Jackson
Preceded byJames Barbour
Succeeded byMartin Van Buren
12th United States Secretary of State
In office
May 29, 1833 – June 30, 1834
PresidentAndrew Jackson
Preceded byEdward Livingston
Succeeded byJohn Forsyth
10th United States Secretary of the Treasury
In office
August 8, 1831 – May 29, 1833
PresidentAndrew Jackson
Preceded bySamuel Ingham
Succeeded byWilliam Duane
United States Senator
from Delaware
In office
March 4, 1827 – April 16, 1829
Preceded byThomas Clayton
Succeeded byArnold Naudain
Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee
In office
1822–1827
Preceded bySamuel Smith
Succeeded byJohn Randolph
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Delaware's at-large district
In office
March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1827
Preceded byThomas Clayton
Succeeded byKensey Johns
Personal details
Born(1786-05-28)May 28, 1786
Smyrna, Delaware
DiedOctober 7, 1857(1857-10-07) (aged 71)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyFederalist (before 1826)
Jacksonian (1826–1837)
Democratic (1837–1857)
SpouseCatherine Milligan
Children14, including Louis Jr., Robert
Parent
EducationUniversity of Delaware, Newark
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Louis McLane (May 28, 1786 – October 7, 1857) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware, and Baltimore, Maryland. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, a member of the Federalist Party and later the Democratic Party. He served as the U.S. representative from Delaware, U.S. senator from Delaware, the tenth U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, the twelfth U.S. Secretary of State, ambassador (Minister Plenipotentiary) to Great Britain, and president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

As a member of President Andrew Jackson's Cabinet, McLane was a prominent figure during the Bank War. McLane pursued a more moderate approach towards the Second Bank of the United States than the President, but agreed with Jackson's decision in 1832 to veto a Congressional bill renewing the Bank's charter. He also helped draft the Force Bill in 1833. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1831.[1]

  1. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved April 8, 2021.