Daniel G. McLean was an American lawyer and politician in Florida. He signed the first

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in 1838 at

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, served in the Florida Senate including as

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, served as Speaker of the

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's legislature, and was Grandmaster of the Masons. He was a Whig. He lived in Euchee Anna. He was the son of Donald McLean and Nancy Gunn McLean. Nancy McLean Campbell was his sister. The Walton County Heritage Association has a photo of her. McLean was involved with the Whigs in

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in 1845. Along with John L. McKinnon, he represented Walton County at the

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. In 1845 he was elected over Washington Tabor for a Florida Senate seat. In 1846, he wrote to Perkins and Perkins in New York about red cedar prices from Eucheeanna, Florida. He served as a Grand Scribe and Worshipful Master in the masons.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McLean, Daniel G. People from Walton County, Florida Year of death missing Year of birth missing Members of the Florida Territorial Legislature Florida Whigs American Freemasons 19th-century Florida politicians