Robert Milligan McLane

Robert Milligan McLane
1858 portrait
27th United States Minister to France
In office
May 14, 1885 – May 20, 1889
PresidentGrover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Preceded byLevi P. Morton
Succeeded byWhitelaw Reid
39th Governor of Maryland
In office
January 9, 1884 – March 27, 1885
Preceded byWilliam T. Hamilton
Succeeded byHenry Lloyd
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maryland's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883
Preceded byThomas Swann
Succeeded byJohn Van Lear Findlay
In office
March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851
Preceded byWilliam Fell Giles
Succeeded byThomas Yates Walsh
United States Minister to Mexico
In office
April 6, 1859 – December 22, 1860
PresidentJames Buchanan
Preceded byJohn Forsyth, Jr.
Succeeded byJohn B. Weller
United States Minister to the Qing Empire
In office
November 3, 1854 – December 12, 1854
PresidentFranklin Pierce
Preceded byHumphrey Marshall
Succeeded byPeter Parker
Chair of the Democratic National Committee
In office
1852–1856
Preceded byBenjamin Franklin Hallett
Succeeded byDavid Allen Smalley
Member of the Maryland Senate
In office
1877–1879
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
In office
1845–1847
Personal details
Born(1815-06-23)June 23, 1815
Louis McLane House
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
DiedApril 16, 1898(1898-04-16) (aged 82)
Paris, France
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseGeorgine Urquhart McLane
RelationsLouis McLane, Jr. (brother)
Robert McLane (nephew)
Children2
Parent
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National Governors Association, Governor's Information, Maryland Governor Robert Milligan McLane

Robert Milligan McLane (June 23, 1815 – April 16, 1898) was an American politician, military officer, and diplomat. He served as U.S. minister to Mexico, France, and China, as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 4th congressional district, as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and as the 39th governor of Maryland.[1]

  1. ^ Robert Milligan McLane, Reminiscences, 1827-1897 (1903) online