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{{For|other persons named John McLean|John McLean (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = John R. McLean
| image = John Roll McLean.jpg
| birth_name = John Roll McLean
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1848|09|17}}
| birth_place = [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1916|06|09|1848|09|17}}
| death_place = [[McLean Gardens]], [[Virginia]], U.S.
| burial_place = [[Rock Creek Cemetery]]
| alma_mater = [[Harvard University]],<br>[[Heidelberg University]]
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| children = [[Edward Beale McLean]]
}}
'''John Roll McLean''' (September 17, 1848 – June 9, 1916)<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=June 16, 1916 |title=John R. McLean Obituary |pages=3 |work=The Daily Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/2513401/john_roll_mclean_obituary/ }}</ref> was an American businessman and politician who was the owner and publisher of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' and ''[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]],'' and part owner of two professional baseball teams.<ref name="Riess">{{cite book |last=Riess |first=Steven A. |title=Touching Base: Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era p. 55 |publisher=[[University of Illinois Press]] |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-2520-6775-4}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Herrick |first=Carole L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dYOlBQAAQBAJ&q=John+Roll+McLean |title=Legendary Locals of McLean |date=2015-01-19 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-4671-0190-5 |language=en}}</ref> He is the namesake of [[McLean, Virginia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Origins of McLean, Virginia |url=http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2016/aug/26/origins-mclean-virginia/ |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=www.connectionnewspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Zafar |first=Nina |date=2019-11-07 |title=Along Wisconsin Ave. in NW, 23-acre oasis of McLean Gardens braces for change |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/along-wisconsin-ave-in-nw-23-acre-oasis-of-mclean-gardens-braces-for-change/2019/10/30/8825190c-f998-11e9-8190-6be4deb56e01_story.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |title=The McLean Family - Appomattox Court House National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/apco/learn/historyculture/the-mclean-family.htm |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=www.nps.gov |language=en}}</ref>
== Early life and family ==
'''John Roll McLean''' (17 September 1848 – 9 June 1916) was the owner and publisher of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' and ''[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]''. McLean was also a one-time partner in the ownership of the [[Cincinnati Red Stockings (AA)|Cincinnati Red Stockings]] baseball team of the [[American Association (19th century)|American Association]] and also the [[Cincinnati Outlaw Reds]] of the [[Union Association]].<ref name="Riess">{{cite book |last=Riess |first=Steven A. |title=Touching Base: Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era p. 55 |publisher=[[University of Illinois Press]] |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-2520-6775-4}}</ref>▼
McLean was born in [[Cincinnati]] on September 17, 1848, to Mary and [[Washington McLean]].<ref name=":3" /> His sister, Mildred, was the wife of General [[William Babcock Hazen]] and Admiral [[George Dewey]]. He married Emily Beale and they had one son, [[Edward Beale McLean]].<ref name=":3" />
McLean attended public schools in Cincinnati and attended [[Harvard University]] and [[Heidelberg University]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Gates |first=Merrill Edwards |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YyoEAAAAYAAJ&dq=John+Roll+McLean&pg=PA154 |title=Men of Mark in America: Ideals of American Life Told in Biographies of Eminent Living Americans |date=1906 |publisher=Men of Mark Publishing Company |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dg49AQAAIAAJ&dq=John+Roll+McLean&pg=RA29-PA12 |title=Fourth Estate: A Weekly Newspaper for Publishers, Advertisers, Advertising Agents and Allied Interests |date=1916 |publisher=Fourth Estate Publishing Company |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Friendship House.jpg|thumb|left|"Friendship," the estate of John R. McLean, Wisconsin Avenue at Porter House N.W., Washington, D.C., built in 1898. Photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston.]]▼
== Career ==
After graduation from Heidelberg University, McLean began working at his father's newspaper, ''The Cincinnati Enquirer'', eventually becoming editor''.'' He acquired his father's interest in the paper in 1873.<ref name=":6">{{Cite book |last1=Kohler |first1=Sue A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YccyboYH2MoC&dq=John+Roll+McLean&pg=RA1-PA114 |title=Sixteenth Street Architecture |last2=Carson |first2=Jeffrey R. |last3=Arts |first3=United States Commission of Fine |date=1978 |publisher=Commission of Fine Arts |language=en}}</ref>
By the 1880s, McLean was a prominent businessperson who owned a wide variety of newspaper, real estate, and transportation holdings.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=McLean Gardens - History |url=https://mcleangardens.com/sub_category_list.asp?category=20&title=History |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=mcleangardens.com}}</ref> In 1895, McLean purchased the ''[[New York Morning Journal]]'', but within six months, he sold the paper to [[William Randolph Hearst]].<ref name=":5" />
In 1904, he and [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Stephen Benton Elkins]] built the [[Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad]].<ref name="Guillaudeu & Mccray">{{cite book |last=Guillaudeu |first=David A.; Mccray, Paul E. |title=Washington & Old Dominion Railroad p. 37 |publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]] |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-7385-9792-8}}</ref> [[McLean, Virginia]], which grew up around the railroad, is named for him.▼
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He married Emily Beale and was the father of [[Edward Beale McLean]], owner of the [[Hope Diamond]]. His sister, Mildred, was the wife of General [[William Babcock Hazen]] and Admiral [[George Dewey]]. His former estate, Friendship, is now [[McLean Gardens]].<ref name= "suburb">{{cite news |last=Brenner |first=Joel Glenn |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/counties/dc/longterm/wwlive/mclean.htm?noredirect=on |title=McLean Gardens: Suburb in the City |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=December 18, 1993 |accessdate=August 20, 2018}}</ref>▼
McLean also was a stockholder in street railway companies, including the [[Capital Traction Company]], and owned the controlling stock in the [[Washington Gas Light Company]]. In addition to his holdings, McLean was an elected director of the [[American Security and Trust Company Building|American Security and Trust Company]] and [[Riggs Bank|Riggs National Bank]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":6" />
▲In 1904, he and [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Stephen Benton Elkins]] built the [[Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad]].<ref name="Guillaudeu & Mccray">{{cite book |last=Guillaudeu |first=David A.; Mccray, Paul E. |title=Washington & Old Dominion Railroad
=== Political activism ===
McLean was a long-time delegate to the [[Democratic National Committee]], representing the state of Ohio at [[Democratic National Convention|Democratic national conventions]] of [[1884 Democratic National Convention|1884]], [[1888 Democratic National Convention|1888]], [[1892 Democratic National Convention|1892]], [[1896 Democratic National Convention|1896]], and [[1900 Democratic National Convention|1900]]. He was a candidate for the [[United States Senate]] in 1885 and received the Democratic Party's nomination for the [[Ohio gubernatorial elections|Ohio governor]]'s seat in 1899. He lost both elections.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="stat">{{cite book |last=Ohio Secretary of State |url=https://archive.org/details/ohioelectionsta01statgoog |title=Ohio election statistics |year=1905 |author-link=Ohio Secretary of State}} pages 377-378 of pdf file</ref>
At the 1896 Democratic Nation Convention in Chicago, McLean received fifty-four votes on the first ballot for the U.S. Presidential nomination, and advanced to the fourth round, receiving 207 total votes.<ref name=":4" /> He declined the Vice Presidential nomination. Despite this, he advanced to the fifth round of balloting with 809 total votes.<ref>"Official proceedings of the Democratic national convention held in Chicago, Ill., July 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th, 1896."; pg. 350 [https://archive.org/stream/officialproceedi1896demo#page/350/mode/2up/search/sewall]</ref>
== Death and legacy ==
McLean died on June 9, 1916, aged 67.<ref name=":0" /> He is buried at [[Rock Creek Cemetery]].
At the time of his death, his estate was valued at around $25 million which in 2023 would be valued at approximately $700 million; inflation-adjusted.<ref name=":5" />
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==External links==
* [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=267 John R. McLean] at Ohio History Central
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