Robert M. McLane (1815-1898)
MSA SC 3520-1470

Governor of Maryland 1884-1885 (Democrat)

Born:  Wilmington, Delaware, June 23, 1815¹
Father:  Louis McLane²
Mother:  Catherine Mary Milligan³
Marriage:  August 2, 1841 to Georgine Urquhart⁴
Children:  Mary A., Georgine⁵
Education:  St. Mary's College, Baltimore; Collège Bourbon (Paris); graduated U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York,1837⁶
Religious affiliation:  Episcopalian⁷
Positions held:
           2nd Lieutenant, First Artillery, 1837
           Corps of Topographical Engineers, 1838-1843
           Admitted to the bar, 1843
            Presidential elector, Baltimore City, 1852
         Governor, 1884-1885
         Lawyer, 1851-1852 ⁸
Died:  Paris, April 16, 1898⁹
Burial:  Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore¹⁰

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