Samuel R. McClellan

Samuel R. McClellan (March 19, 1806 – June 11, 1890) was an American physician, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing Kenosha County during the 1858 and 1859 sessions. He also served as a delegate to Wisconsin's 2nd constitutional convention, which produced the Constitution of Wisconsin.

Early life McClellan was born on March 19, 1806, in Colrain, Massachusetts. His father died in 1811, when McClellan was about five years old, and he went to live with his uncle, John McClellan, in Columbia County, New York. His uncle was a medical doctor, who instructed McClellan in the profession, then sent him to attend medical lectures in Boston in 1826 and 1827. McClellan was licensed to practice medicine in 1827 in Columbia County.

McClellan represented the 8th Senate district during the 1858 and 1859 legislative sessions. His district at the time comprised all of Kenosha County.

After his time in the Legislature, he moved into the city of Kenosha, where he resumed his medical practice for much of the rest of his life, only retiring shortly before his death.

The McClellans were of Scottish descent, their ancestors arrived in America in 1723.

Samuel R. McClellan married Catherine M. Garner of Columbia County, New York, on October 27, 1830. Her family were recent immigrants from the Netherlands. They had eleven children together, though at least two died young. Their marriage lasted nearly 50 years, ending with Catherine's death in 1878.

Their son John James McClellan was a successful lawyer, who served as a district attorney and assistant attorney general of Wisconsin; he also served as a quartermaster in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Samuel R. McClellan died at his home in Kenosha on June 11, 1890, after a long decline in health. At the time of his death, three sons and two daughters were said to be still living.