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John Roll McLean (September 17, 1848 – June 9, 1916) was an American businessman. He was the owner and publisher of The Washington Post and The Cincinnati Enquirer, and part owner of two professional baseball teams. He is the namesake of McLean, Virginia.
9 de ago. de 2019 · John Roll McLean (17 September 1848 – 9 June 1916) was the owner and publisher of The Washington Post and The Cincinnati Enquirer.
McLean was born into a publishing fortune founded by his paternal grandfather, Washington McLean, who owned The Washington Post and The Cincinnati Enquirer. He was the only child of John Roll McLean, for whom McLean, Virginia, is named, and the former Emily Truxtun Beale, daughter of Edward F. Beale and the former Mary Edwards.
1 de jul. de 2020 · Democrat John Roll McLean, publisher of The Enquirer, conspired with Republican attorney Thomas C. Campbell to feed on the public trough. Porkopolis reveled in the pork barrel. In every election, “floaters” voted early and often. Jurors lined up to exchange verdicts for bribes or favors.
When John Roll McLean was born on 17 September 1848, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, his father, Washington McLean, was 32 and his mother, Mary Lewis Darnall, was 21. He married Emily Truxton Beale on 7 August 1884, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
John Roll McLean was the owner and publisher of The Washington Post and The Cincinnati Enquirer. McLean was also a one-time partner in the ownership of the Cincinnati Red Stockings baseball team of the American Association and also the Cincinnati Outlaw Reds of the Union Association.
John Roll McLean (1848-1916) of "Friendship" D.C., Owner of the Washington Post & the Cincinnati Enquirer.
