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  John Little McClellan Summary
John Little McClellan was born on a farm in southcentral Arkansas near Sheridan on February 25, 1896, the son of Issac Scott and Belle (Suddeth) McClellan.
McClellan studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1913 at the age of 17, becoming the youngest lawyer in the United States.
In 1935, McClellan was elected as a Representative of the Democratic Party from the 6th District of Arkansas to the 74th Congress.
www.bookrags.com /John_Little_McClellan   (1537 words)

  
 Senator John L. McClellan Collection - Special Collections - OBU Library
SENATOR JOHN L. John Little McClellan was born on February 25, 1896, on a farm near Sheridan, Arkansas, the son of Isaac S. and Belle Suddeth McClellan.
McClellan led a Democratic walk-out of the Republican-controlled subcommittee because of objections to Senator Joseph McCarthy's witch hunting conduct.
Under Senator McClellan's leadership, some of the most well-known and significant investigations in the nation's history were conducted–-probes into widespread corruption and criminal activities in the labor-management field; organized crime; the TFX aircraft contract; profiteering in defense contracts for missile procurement; and the riots that erupted in cities and college campuses in the late 1960s.
www.obu.edu /library/mcclellancoll.htm   (1121 words)

  
 Military.com Content
McClellan had been hailed as a military wunderkind, and indeed, many of his innovations, including the creation of the Signal Corps, have proven to be long-lasting improvements to the Army.
McClellan was a brilliant engineer and organizer who created, honed, and polished the Army of the Potomac after replacing Gen. Winfield Scott at its head in 1861.
McClellan, who never again saw battle, countered the maneuver with one of his own: on Aug. 31, 1864, he was nominated for president by the Democratic Party.
www.military.com /Content/MoreContent?file=ML_mcclellan_bkp   (429 words)

  
 George McClellan
MCClellan claimed he was waiting for Buell to advance in Kentucky, but at that very moment James Garfield had won a victory in East Kentucky at Middle Creek, George Thomas was on his way to the Battle of Mill Springs and in just over a month, Buell would be in Nashville, Tennessee.
Little Mac had said he could send 25,000 troops to support Pope, but when the call came McClellan used the excuse that there weren't enough wagons and some artillery for support had not yet arrived at the landing.
McClellan harbored deep concerns over the action for a number of reasons, mostly because he felt the war was to Preserve the Union and altering this might make the fighting longer.
blueandgraytrail.com /event/George_McClellan   (4373 words)

  
 John Macs USA Info And Images, The American Civil War.
What I can do is to talk a little about some of the civil war battlefields that I have been to, it was way back in 1977 that I first visited Appomattox Courthouse and all I new was this was where the civil war ended when the treaty was signed here.
Harpers Ferry witnessed the arrival of the first successful American railroad, John Brown's attack on slavery, the largest surrender of Federal troops during the Civil War, and the education of former slaves in one of the earliest integrated schools in the United States.
John Brown's short-lived raid failed, but his trial and execution focused the nation's attention on the moral issue of slavery and headed the country toward civil war.
www.johnmacsusa.com /civilwar.html   (1614 words)

  
 Jackson Meets Little Sorrel
Little Sorrel had a special character that seemed to fit with his owner.
After surviving the war, Little Sorrel was described as a rascal with a mouth that could undo latches, let down bars, and liberate every horse in the barn.
Little Sorrel had so much heart and endurance, of opportunity, removing fence rails if need be.
www.johnpaulstrain.com /art/jackson-meets-little-sorrel.htm   (440 words)

  
 McClellan, George Brinton. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
In May, 1861, McClellan was made commander of the Dept. of the Ohio and a major general in the regular army.
McClellan resigned from the army on the day of the election and afterward traveled extensively with his family in Europe.
Despite his faults “Little Mack” was an able general and was loved and trusted by his men of the Army of the Potomac.
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 Press Briefing by Scott McClellan
McCLELLAN: He agrees with -- I think you should put his comments in context, because the President agrees that there is significant progress being made by the Iraqi people on the political front.
McCLELLAN: He was speaking to the New York Conservative Party and talking about different philosophies -- a conservative philosophy and a liberal philosophy -- when it comes to winning the war on terrorism.
McCLELLAN: No, he was speaking to the New York Conservative Party, and he was talking about different philosophies -- the conservative philosophy and the liberal philosophy and how we're approaching different priorities for the American people.
www.whitehouse.gov /news/releases/2005/06/20050623-1.html   (4756 words)

  
 Press Briefing by Scott McClellan
McCLELLAN: Well, moving forward on advancing freedom and democracy in the Middle East is one of the cornerstones of his second term agenda.
McCLELLAN: I would encourage you to look at the Social Security Commission that the President appointed and look at how they addressed some of those issues, because what we're talking about is that they would have safe investments to choose from.
McCLELLAN: I think the election was viewed as very free and fair, and we hope that there will be free and fair elections in places like Iraq and the Palestinian Territories, as well.
www.whitehouse.gov /news/releases/2004/12/20041206-6.html   (5529 words)

  
 John Rodgers
John Rodgers, born near present Havre de Grace, Md., 11 July 1772, entered the Navy as Second Lieutenant 8 March 1798 and was assigned to Constellation.
John Rodgers, son of Commodore John Rodgers, was born near Havre de Grace, Md., 8 August 1812.
John Rodgers, great grandson of Commodore Rodgers, was born in Washington 15 January 1881 and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1903.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/j3/john_rodgers-i.htm   (793 words)

  
 John Bell Hood: Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1863
John Marshall;, and the Fifth Texas by Col. James Archer and Lt. Col.
John Bell Hood and the Texas Brigade thus played the paramount role in Robert E. Lee’s first tactical military victory, and a bond had been established that would cause Lee to call upon Hood and his Texans for the most critical tasks at the ensuing battles of Second Manassas, Antietam, and Gettysburg.
John Bell Hood and the Texas Brigade’s reputations continued to grow after their prominent roles at the decisive Confederate victories at Gaines’s Mill and Second Manassas.
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 A History of the Little Rock School District
By 1980 enrollment at McClellan had grown to 1,800 students; with the opening of the new J.A. Fair High School in 1982, McClellan's attendance zone decreased, and the resulting decrease in students was the beginning of a trend that continued until the early 1990s.
McClellan and Fair were annexed by the Little Rock School District in 1987.
John L. McClellan was born February 25, 1896, on a farm near Sheridan, Arkansas.
www.lrsd.org /communications/zhistoryindex.cfm?id=150   (603 words)

  
 General Joseph Johnston
Johnston was, however, blamed for the precipitous nature of the Southern withdrawal which forced the destruction of a large percentage of the supplies accumulated in the Manassas area.
McClellan opened offensive operations in March but his progress up the Peninsula was slow.
Through an intrepid show of force and bravado the small Confederate force in the area under John Magruder succeeded in convincing McClellan that he was opposed by a much larger body of troops.
www.swcivilwar.com /jjohnston.html   (1295 words)

  
 TPMmuckraker April 7, 2006 11:33 AM
Scott McClellan: Terry, there is an ongoing legal proceeding, and our policy has been that we're not going to comment on it while it's ongoing.
Scott McClellan: But you're trying to get into this issue that is being brought up in the context of the legal proceeding.
Scott McClellan: The reasons that portions of the NIE were declassified were the reasons I stated.
www.tpmmuckraker.com /archives/000317.php   (2565 words)

  
 Biography: John McClellan
John McClellan was born in Sheridan, Arkansas, on 25th February, 1896.
John Cofer, who was also Lyndon Johnson's lawyer, refused to put Estes on the witness stand.
John McClellan died in Little Rock, Arkansas, on 28th November, 1977.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /JFKmcclellanJ.htm   (311 words)

  
 George Brinton McClellan Biography
McClellan then planned an advance on Richmond by way of the Peninsula between the James and York Rivers.
His caution returning, McClellan slowed down, and Lee was able to get most of his men in line at Antietam.
McClellan attacked piecemeal and his attacks failed to crush Lee who was heavily outnumbered with his back to the Potomac River.
www.civilwarhome.com /macbio.htm   (1003 words)

  
 John S. GARDNER
John S. George W. Gardner) was born about 1842 in Michigan.
I am so glad to here that you are thriving so fairly there is something tells me that you will thrive and do well on your little farm I should like to be there to eat a Steamburg cake with you they are a far favored there as they are here.
I think it is a noble plan, it is very warm weather here at present and I dare say that if this reaches you that the disine will be bought then we will ____ who is to die or who is to live.
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 TIME.com: Man Behind the Frown -- May 27, 1957 -- Page 2
It bore the news that Constituents Isaac and Belle McClellan intended to name their newborn son John Little McClellan in honor of the Congressman.* To his namesake John Little promptly sent $5.
The son of Farmer James McClellan, Isaac McClellan, sometime farmer himself, schoolteacher and country editor, longtime lawyer and dabbler in Democratic politics, was quite a man. He remarried in three years, started tutoring John when the boy was four.
John scored a 90, 15 points above passing, and became the youngest lawyer in Arkansas.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,824864-2,00.html   (783 words)

  
 Stats don't measure McClellan
Before UA played Memphis last week, Tigers coach John Calipari said McClellan reminded him of the type of players he had at Massachusetts in the mid-1990s - tough, gritty players who just got the job done.
That's McClellan, who is averaging 13.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game heading into Thursday's Pac-10 Conference opener against California at McKale Center.
McClellan has done admirable jobs in defending some of the opponents' best players, such as Houston's Oliver Lafayette or San Diego State's Brandon Heath.
www.azcentral.com /sports/ua/articles/1227uabkc1227.html   (355 words)

  
 South Mountain
Lee knew that McClellan's army was nearby, but if the pompous Yankee behaved in his usual slow manner, there would be little to worry about.
As always, McClellan felt that he was vastly outnumbered, but he declared that he knew exactly what to do - but characteristically he waited until tomorrow to start.
Most of McClellan's army was near Frederick, at least fifteen miles from South Mountain, and off this map to the east.
johnsmilitaryhistory.com /southmt.html   (877 words)

  
 Mosby's Confederacy Tours - Discover The Grey Ghost and Mosby's Rangers. Full and Half-Day tours available of Civil War ...
John Singleton Mosby was one of the great characters of his era.
Young John's small size and general weakness led other boys to bully him and, faced with constant humiliation or defending himself, he began learning how to use his smaller size and speed against larger and more formidable opponents.
John Mosby met Pauline Clarke, daughter of a Tennessee congressman, not long after he began practicing law in rural Howardsville, Virginia.
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 Joseph Eggleston Johnston (1807-1891)
But it stopped McClellan's advance on the city and would turn out to be the high-water mark of his invasion.
His successor, John B. Hood, was overly aggressive, but ineffective, losing Atlanta in September and a large portion of his army in Tennessee that winter with reckless tactics.
Johnston could do little but hope for a linkup with Lee's army so that they could turn on either Grant or Sherman and then on the other.
www.thelatinlibrary.com /chron/civilwarnotes/johnston.html   (1430 words)

  
 Borking Mark McClellan - The Washington Times: Editorials/OP-ED   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
John McCain and Byron Dorgan, your browbeating of Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Mark McClellan must qualify as a low watermark of your careers in the Senate.
The pair are furious that Dr. McClellan has warned that importing medicines from Canada and leading producers of counterfeit drugs, such as South Africa, is unsafe.
McCain mocked Dr. McClellan's concern about medicines coming from "that ThirdWorld,poverty stricken, unregulated nation from the North." The senator doesn't know how right he is. Canada has been steadily increasing the quantities of medicines it brings in uninspected from countries such as India, Pakistan and Iran.
www.washingtontimes.com /op-ed/20040307-104400-8439r.htm   (713 words)

  
 Antietam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Orders revealing the Confederate plan were captured by McClellan, but the cautious McClellan did not move fast enough to destroy Lee.
On September 14th, McClellan forced the passes of South Mountain, but it was too late to save Harper's Ferry which surrendered on the 15th along with over 11,000 men and 75 artillery pieces.
Although there was little else to gain, Lee decided to fight at Sharpsburg.
johnsmilitaryhistory.com /antmain.html   (225 words)

  
 JOHN MURTHA: The Patriot Project Exclusive
So it is baffling that he is endorsing the policy positions of Michael Moore and the extreme liberal wing of the Democratic party.
The Swiftboating of John Murtha, by Taylor Marsh
John Jodka from the start, even interviewing his father on his son's situation.
www.taylormarsh.com /archives_view.php?id=24232   (514 words)

  
 CNN.com - White House shake-up to continue? - Apr 3, 2006
CRAWFORD, Texas (CNN) -- Presidential press secretary Scott McClellan and Treasury Secretary John Snow could be next in a shake-up in the Bush administration, according to White House and GOP sources.
But other GOP strategists said they believe McClellan's position is secure because of his close relationship with President Bush going back to Texas.
McClellan was a communications aide to the president when he was governor of the Lone Star state.
www.cnn.com /2006/POLITICS/04/03/whitehouse.staff/index.html   (978 words)

  
 McClellan's Off the "Accomplished" Team
White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan could not resist adding a little irony to the session where it was announced that he was being fired -- er, stepping down -- as the chief spinner for the Bush administration.
In addition to McClellan's exit Wednesday morning, Karl Rove was edged out of his position as deputy White House chief of staff for policy development.
McClellan served no useful purpose except for providing several does of unintentional comedy.
www.thenation.com /blogs/notion?pid=78407   (1110 words)

  
 John and Ruth Johnson Family History
In offering this little work as a genealogy of the family of John and Ruth Johnson, I do so with a few words of explanation and apology.
The beautiful little families which we mention as we go along-father, mother, brothers and sisters-we know were happy little kingdoms of themselves, and their histories would he interesting.
I give this as an explanation of the character of the work, which is part genealogy and a little of life history.
www.kinnexions.com /kinnexions/johnsonjr/fh_toc.htm   (773 words)

  
 Amazon.com: John Williams: Treesong: Music: John Williams,Gil Shaham,Boston Symphony Orchestra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
John Williams — Smith Barney Financial Advisor in Washington DC.
One only has to listen to John Adams "Slonimsky's Earbox" or the recent music of Einojuhani Rautavaara to hear how the harmonies and motivic developments of the silver screen have found their way back into the concert hall.
John Williams contribution to movie music is without question, but we must also remember his numerous works away from the movies.
www.amazon.com /John-Williams-Treesong/dp/B00005M05E   (1885 words)

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