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Louis McLane | |
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| United States Minister to the United Kingdom | |
| In office August 8, 1845 – August 18, 1846 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| President | James Polk |
| Preceded by | Edward Everett |
| Succeeded by | George Bancroft |
| In office October 12, 1829 – June 13, 1831 | |
| Monarchs | George IV William IV |
| President | Andrew Jackson |
| Preceded by | James Barbour |
| Succeeded by | Martin Van Buren |
| 12th United States Secretary of State | |
| In office May 29, 1833 – June 30, 1834 | |
| President | Andrew Jackson |
| Preceded by | Edward Livingston |
| Succeeded by | John Forsyth |
| 10th United States Secretary of the Treasury | |
| In office August 8, 1831 – May 29, 1833 | |
| President | Andrew Jackson |
| Preceded by | Samuel Ingham |
| Succeeded by | William Duane |
| United States Senator from Delaware | |
| In office March 4, 1827 – April 16, 1829 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Clayton |
| Succeeded by | Arnold Naudain |
| Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee | |
| In office 1822–1827 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel Smith |
| Succeeded by | John Randolph |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Delaware's at-large district | |
| In office March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1827 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Clayton |
| Succeeded by | Kensey Johns |
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| Born | May 28, 1786 Smyrna, Delaware |
| Died | October 7, 1857 (aged 71) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Federalist (before 1826) Jacksonian (1826–1837) Democratic (1837–1857) |
| Spouse | Catherine Milligan |
| Children | 14, including Louis Jr., Robert |
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| Education | University 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]
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