Donald Holman McLean (March 18, 1884,

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) was an American Republican Party politician who represented

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's 6th congressional district in the

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from 1933 to 1945. Born in

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in 1906, where he had been a member of

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fraternity. McLean served as a

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in the

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from 1897–1902 and was secretary to U.S. Senator John Kean from 1902-1911. McLean was admitted to the bar in 1909 and commenced practice in

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of New Jersey and supreme court commissioner of New Jersey, and served as the assistant prosecutor of the pleas of

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from 1918-1923. McLean was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-third and to the five succeeding Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1945. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress. After leaving Congress, he served as prosecutor of the pleas of Union County from June 24, 1945, to April 18, 1946, when he was appointed judge of the

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, the state's highest court under the

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. He became judge of

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under reorganization of New Jersey judiciary in September 1948 resulting from implementation of the 1947 Constitution. He was reappointed in April 1952 and retired on his 70th birthday on March 18, 1954, under age requirement and returned to practicing law, retiring in 1968. McLean resided in

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on August 19, 1975. His remains were cremated, and his ashes interred in Vail Memorial Cemetery, Parsippany, New Jersey.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McLean, Donald H. 1884 births 1975 deaths Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey New Jersey state court judges George Washington University Law School alumni 20th-century New Jersey state court judges 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives