GOVERNOR US SENATOR CT FISH GAME MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY NATURALIST LETTER SIGNED
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GEORGEPAYNE McLEAN(1857 –1932)59th GOVERNOR OFCONNECTICUT 1901-03, UNITED STATES REPUBLICAN PARTY SENATORFROM CONNECTICUT 1911-1929, UNITED STATES DISTRICT ATTORNEY FORCONNECTICUT 1892-1896CT STATE SENATOR and MEMBER OF THECONNECTICUT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1883-1891&ENVIRONMENTALIST and NATURALIST –AUTHOR OF THE MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT OF 1918 and CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE, COMMITTEE ON FOREST RESERVATIONS AND THE PROTECTION OF GAME.HERE'S A TYPEDLETTER SIGNED BY McLEAN ON CH...AIRMAN “UNITEDSTATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON FOREST RESERVATIONS AND THE PROTECTION OF GAME”LETTERHEAD, 1p., DATED FEB. 1st 1902. MENTION IS MADE IN THIS LETTER TO “MR. GOMPERS STATEMENT” THAT IS SAMUELGOMPER, AMERICAN WORKMENS UNION LEADER – and A BILL TO STRENGTHEN THE 8 HOURDAY FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES…BEAUTIFULLY& BOLDLY SIGNED BY McLEAN!The document measures 8” x 10 ½” andis in very fine, clean condition.A FINE ADDITION TO YOUR CONNECTICUT POLITICALHISTORY AUTOGRAPH, MANUSCRIPT & EPHEMERA COLLECTION!<<>::<>>BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE HONORABLEGEORGE PAYNE McLEANGeorge Payne McLean (October 7, 1857 – June6, 1932) was the 59th Governor of Connecticut, and a United States Senatorfrom Connecticut. McLean was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, one of five children of DudleyB. McLean and Mary (Payne) McLean. His sister Sarah Pratt McLean Greene becamea novelist. McLean attended the common schools in Simsbury. At the age offifteen he entered Hartford High School, traveling to school each day on thetrain. He graduated in 1876. Upon graduation he took a job as a reporter forthe Hartford Evening Post. Leaving the paper in 1879, he entered the Hartfordlaw office of Henry C. Robinson and trained as a lawyer in that office. Heremained there eight years, combining his apprenticeship with Robinson with apart-time job in financial management at Trinity College in Hartford. Duringthis time he passed the law exam and was admitted to the bar. A confirmed bachelor until he was forty-nine, he married his longtimeSimsbury sweetheart Juliette Goodrich on April 10, 1907. She was forty-two.They had no children. He died on June 6, 1932 and she on October 21, 1950. Theyare buried in Simsbury Cemetery. CareerMcLean was a member of the Connecticut House ofRepresentatives in 1883 and 1884, He served as clerkof the State Board of Pardons from 1884 to 1901; and a member of the commissionto revise the Connecticut statutes, 1885. He was a memberof the state senatein 1886. He was a member of the Connecticut State Senate from 1889 to 1891. In1890, he was elected Connecticut's Secretary of State, but never took officebecause of the deadlocked Legislature of 1891-1893. As a result, McLean wasable to accept President Benjamin Harrison's appointment in 1892 to be United States attorneyfor his home state from 1892 to 1896. He resumed the practice of law in HartfordElected the 59thGovernor of Connecticutin 1901 and 1902, McLean served beginning on January 9, 1901. During histenure, the governor's administrative staff was restructured, as well the statemilitia; and a tax commission office was founded. McLean did not seekreelection due to ill health, and left the governor's office on January 7, 1903. McLean was elected as a Republicanto the U.S. Senate in 1910 and served from 1911 to 1929. He was reelected in1916 and 1922. Former residence ofGeorge P. McLean in Washington, D.C.While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on ForestReservations and Game Protection (Sixty-second and Sixty-fifth Congresses) anda member of the Committee on Banking and Currency (Sixty-sixth throughSixty-ninth Congresses) and the Committee on Manufactures (SeventiethCongress). He declined to run for reelection in 1928. Migratory Bird Treaty ActProbably McLean's most lasting legislative achievement was the Migratory Bird TreatyAct of 1918. Concern had been growing nationally about the masskilling of birds for hat-making uses and for food; withsupport from gun manufacturers and hunting organizations, McLean and Rep. JohnW. Weeks of Massachusetts successfully attached the Weeks-McLeanAct to an appropriations bill in March 1913. Some of theprovisions in the act proved controversial in their expansion of federal powersand were declared unconstitutional by various courts. With the advice of ElihuRoot, McLean immediately introduced new legislation giving thepresident the power to negotiate a treaty to regulate the hunting of migratorybirds; this bill was passed in July 1913. The Migratory Bird Treaty with GreatBritain (acting for Canada) was signed in 1916, and the Migratory Bird TreatyAct to ratify and implement the treaty was passed in 1918. The resultingfederal limitations on hunting were upheld by the Supreme Courtin 1920 in the Missouri v. Hollanddecision. Death and legacyMcLean resumed the practice of law in Hartford, and died of heart diseasein Simsbury, on June 6, 1932 (age 74 years, 243 days). He is interred atSimsbury Cemetery. His will established the non-profit McLean Fund, which has since operatedtwo enterprises in his home town of Simsbury- a senior living community and elder-care services provider and a private gamerefuge. The McLean Game Refugeconsists of over 4, 200 acres (17 km2) of land in Simsburyand Granbyand is open to the public; part of it has been designated a National Natural Landmark.The McLean senior living organization consists of an independent livingcommunity and a multi-faceted elder-care service provider that offers servicesranging from visiting nurses and adult day care to assisted living, long-termcare, and hospice. I am a proud member ofthe Universal Autograph Collectors Club (UACC), The Ephemera Society ofAmerica, the Manuscript Society & the American Political Items Collectors(APIC) (member name: John Lissandrello). I subscribe to each organizations'code of ethics and authenticity is guaranteed. ~Providing quality service &historical memorabilia online for over twenty years!WE ONLY SELL GENUINE ITEMS, i.e., NO REPRODUCTIONS, FAKES ORCOPIES!
