James McCleery
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James Mccleery (December 2, 1837 - November 5, 1871) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.
Born in Mecca Township, Ohio, Mccleery attended Oberlin (Ohio) College in 1859 and 1860. He served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Commissioned second lieutenant of Company A, Forty-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in 1861, and promoted through the ranks to major in 1865. He entered the Regular Army as captain in the Forty-fifth Infantry in 1866 and subsequently received the brevets of major and brigadier general of Volunteers. He retired December 15, 1870, and settled in St. Marys Parish, Louisiana. Purchased a plantation. Practiced law and was connected with the Freedmen's Bureau in North Carolina and Louisiana. He moved to Shreveport, Louisiana. He was appointed superintendent of public education for the fourth division.
Mccleery was elected as a Republican to the Forty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1871, until his death while on a visit in New York City November 5, 1871. He was interred in the Christian Church Cemetery, Cortland, Ohio.
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| Preceded by Joseph P. Newsham |
United States Representative for the 4th Congressional District of Louisiana 1871 |
Succeeded by Alexander Boarman |
