Evening star., 1940-11-30
WASHINGTON, c,
Col. 6. B. Mcclellan,
Son Of Union General,
Is Fatally Stricken
Was Former Member of
Congress and Served
As Mayor Of New York

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Col. George Brinton Mcclellan, rs,
former member of Congress, mayor
of New York City from 1904 to 1909,
distinguished author and lecturer
and professor emeritus of Princeton
University. died Unexpectedly at $3.50
am. today at his home, 2424 Cali
fornia street NV.
His wife, Mrs. Georgiana Heckscher
Mcclellan, was at his bedside. Mem
bers of the household said Col. Mo
Clellan, apparently in good health.
had retired about 10 o'clock.
Stricken suddenly. he is believed to
have suffered heart attack.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day afternoon at st. Johns EpiSco-
pal Church. Sixteenth and H streets
NV, at a time yet to be decided.
Burial will be in Arlington National
Cemetery.
Col. Mcclellan was the son of Gen.
George B. Mcclellan, commander
in-chief of the Union armies at the
outset of the Civil War and later un-
successful Presidential candidate in
1864, when he was defeated by Abra-
ham Lincoln.
Born in Dresden, Saxony.
Col. Mcclellan was born in Dres-
den, Saxony, November %, 1865,
while his parents were travelling in
Europe. His mother was Ellen
Marcy of Green Bay, Wis. Among
his distinguished forebears was Will
liam Bradford. first Governor Of
the Plymouth Colony.
He attended Princeton University,
where he won B. A. and M. A. de-
grees. He was given an LII. D. de-
gree by Princeton in 1905. Later he
was awarded degrees by Fordham
University, Union College and Co.
lumbia University Law School and
New York Law School. While a
student at Princeton he wrote poll
tical articles for the New York
Journal, World and Herald.
Admitted to the New York bar in
1892, Col. Mcclellan meanwhile had
undertaken several private enter
prises, mostly Of political nature.
He was treasurer of the New York
and Brooklyn Bridge from 1889 to
1892. BY 1893 he had launched him
self on a political career, being
made president Of the New York
Board of Aldermen that year.
He was elected to the House of
Representatives in 1895 from New
York, serving until 1903. During
his stay in Congress, he was a men,
Der of the House Ways and Means
Committee.
Col. Mcclellan left Congress to
run for mayor of New York and at
tanned that Office January /, 1904.
He was Mayor until December 81,
1909. He succeeded President Cleve-
land as Stafford Little lecturer on
public affairs in 1903 and remained
two years in that capacity.
He returned to Princeton in 1911
as public affairs lecturer, the fol-
lowing year was made professor of
economic history and occupied the
chair until 1880. He was made pro-
fessor emeritus upon retiring. He
also lectured at Cornell, Washing
ton and Jefferson, Rutgers, the Uni
versity of North Carolina and sew
eral other institutions.
Served Overseas in War.
During, the World War he served
overseas with the Army, being hon
orably discharged with the rank 6
lieutenant colonel. Thereafter for
many years he remained q mem
Der of the Army Ordnance Reserve.
Considered an authority on Italy,
Col. Mcclellan was an incorporation,
trustee and later vice president of
the American Academy in Rome and
was president of the American
Society. Among his writings are
THE Oligarchy of Venice" Venice
and Bonaparte," Modern Italy" and
numerous magazine articles.
Recipient of Many HonOrs.
Honored by many groups and in
stitutions, Col. Mcclellan was
member of the American Associa-
ton of University Professors and
was life fellow of the Royal Eco
nomic History Society, the Royal
Economic Society and the Royal
History Society. He also was
member of Phi Beta Kappa, the
American Legion. Military Order of
the World War, Army Ordnance As
sociation, Loyal Legion, Aztec So
ciety, Sons of the Revolution,
Princeton University Club, the Union
Interalliee in Paris, Metropolitan,
Army and Navy and Chevy Chase
Clubs.
A frequent visitor to Washington
from the time he was in Congress,
Col. Mcclellan established residence
here in 1925. He was senior warden
of st. Johns Episcopal Church, Six
teenth street.
Besides his widow, he is survived
by sister, Mrs. Paul Desprez, living
in Nice, France.