Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	9	Feb 8, 1870 - Jan 14, 1873	12th (1) (2) (3)	Democrat	Mount Pleasant / Titus		Red River, Titus
H	62	Nov 4, 1861 - Jan 7, 1862	9th (4)		Victoria / Victoria		Calhoun, DeWitt, Jackson, Victoria

(1) 12th Legislature, Provisional Session - Qualified and took the oath of office on 2/8/1870. House Journal.
(2) "Judge McLean has been an active Democratic worker . . . " Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
(3) Party affiliation, Conservative. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.
(4) Jacob B. Reid, sworn 2/2/1863, succeeded William P. McLean, resigned 1/7/1862. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 39th Legislature, R.S., HCR 48, 3/13/1925, p. 1584. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

• McLEAN, William Pinkney (1836-1925). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress 1774-Present.
• MCLEAN, WILLIAM PINCKNEY (1836-1925). Handbook of Texas Online.
• Portrait and biographical sketch, William Pinkney McLean, Railroad Commissioner, pp. 101-102. Born 8/9/1836 in Hinds County, Mississippi. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
• Portrait and biographical sketch, pp. 117-118. Texans and Their State: A Newspaper Reference Work, 1918.

Military Service Notes

• Confederate States Army, 19th Texas Infantry, Walker's Texas Division; Adjutant General. Handbook of Texas Online.
• 35th Legislature, Communications from Members of 9th Legislature, 2/7 and 2/8/1917, p. 496: S.J.P. McDowell (served as member of 9th Legislature, 1st session in 1861-1862, then resigned and entered Confederate military service) and W.P. McLean ("I believe Judge Lindsay, at Gainesville, and I are the only surviving members of the 9th Legislature and I well remember that we were the youngest members of that body. We both resigned at the close of the first session and went into the Confederate army . . ."). House Journal.
• Confederate States Army, Major, 19th Texas Infantry. William Pinkney McLean. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
• Biographical sketch, p. 157. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.

Other Resources

• Railroad Commissioners Past through Present, with dates of service. Railroad Commission of Texas.
• Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1875. Included in Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas: Begun and Held at the City of Austin Texas. Constitutional Convention (1875). Galveston : Printed for the Convention at the "News" Office, 1875, pp. 3-4. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.

Photographs

• Photograph. William McLean, 12th Legislature, Austin History Center
• Photograph. William Pinckney McLean, Constitutional Convention of 1875 Composite Photo. From the collection of the Texas State Library and Archives Commisison.

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• Democratic Members of the House of Representatives, 12th Legislature, April 18, 1871 (Austin History Center). Austin History Center.

Committee Information top

12th Adjourned - 1871 Internal Improvements   Judiciary

12th R.S. - 1871 Counties and County Boundaries   House Employees, Regulate Pay of   Internal Improvements   Public Lands and Land Office   Rules   State Affairs (Chair)

12th 1st C.S. - 1870 Blind Asylum, Select   Determine Number of House Clerks, Select Committee   Elections and Privileges   Enrolled Bills   House Officer and Employee Compensation, Select   Internal Improvement   Mileage Schedule   State Affairs

12th Provisional - 1870 Enrolled Bills   Privileges and Elections   Thirteenth Amendment, Report of

9th R.S. - 1861 Counties and County Boundaries   Education