Malcolm Roderick Maclean (September 14, 1919 – January 24, 2001) was a politician from
Georgia, United States and was a former
Mayor of Savannah. He was a
Democrat and belonged to the local ''Citizen's Committee'' faction of the party.
Background
He was born in
East Hampton, New York. He moved to
Savannah, Georgia with his family when he was young and graduated from
Yale University in 1941 and
Harvard Law School
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in 1948. He was married to Frances Ravenel Grimball, served in the
U.S. Navy from 1941 to 1952 and was promoted to the rank of
Lieutenant Commander and was an attorney. He was a named partner in the Savannah Law Firm of Hunter, Maclean, Exley, & Dunn, now known a
HunterMaclean
Political career
Alderman
Maclean succeeded Dr. Ellison Cook as a Council member in 1957 and became
Mayor Pro Tem in 1958.
Mayor
After the resignation of
incumbent Mayor
Lee Mingledorff Jr.
Walter Lee Mingledorff Jr. (November 7, 1914 – February 18, 1985) was a politician from Georgia, United States, and was a former Mayor of Savannah. He was a Democrat and belonged to the local ''Citizen's Committee'' faction of the party.
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who decided to run for a seat on the Chatham County Commission in 1960, Maclean was selected by his peers to take over the Chief Executive's job. He then served the remainder of Mingledorff's term, which expired in 1962.
Maclean won re-election in 1962. He continued Mingledorff's local programs of public road improvements.
During the
Savannah Protest Movement
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, he worked with
civil rights activists such as
Westley Wallace Law and
Eugene Gadsden
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and public facilities were integrated under his tenure.
In 1966, Maclean suffered a
white backlash. Savannah voters, who had given Republican presidential candidate
Barry Goldwater
Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and United States Air Force officer who was a five-term U.S. Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for presiden ...
a majority in 1964, defeated Maclean and his slate. Republican businessman
Julius Curtis Lewis Jr. succeeded Maclean as Mayor.
[Savannah Morning News, August 3, 1966]
Footnotes
External links
Mayor's official site
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1919 births
2001 deaths
20th-century mayors of places in Georgia (U.S. state)
Mayors of Savannah, Georgia
Yale University alumni
United States Navy personnel of World War II
Harvard Law School alumni