John McClure (Oregon Politician)
John McClure may refer to: * John McClure (admiral) (1837–1920), Scottish admiral in the Imperial Chinese Navy * John McClure (judge) (died 1915), American judge and politician * John McClure (poet) (1893–1956), American poet * John McClure (producer) (1929–2014), music producer * John J. McClure (1886–1965), American politician from Pennsylvania * Sir John William Maclure, 1st Baronet, British politician See also * McClure (surname) McClure is a surname with several origins. One origin of the name is from the Scottish Gaelic ''MacGilleUidhir'', and Irish ''Mac Giolla Uidhir'', which means "son of the pale one" or "son of the cold one". Another origin of the name is from the Sc ...

John McClure (admiral)
Admiral John McClure (13 November 1837 – 18 January 1920) was a Scotsman serving in the Imperial Chinese Navy who, following the suicide of Admirals Ding Ruchang and Liu Buchan, took command of the Beiyang Fleet during the Battle of Weihaiwei and surrendered it to the Japanese. Biography McClure was born the son of John and Margaret McClure. His father was the architect on the Earl of Galloway's estates in Wigtownshire and at the time of John's birth was supervising the building of the parish church in Kirkcudbright. Career in China After an education at nearby Sorbie he joined the Merchant Marine. He was employed by the Taku Tug & Lighter Company, as a sailor based in Tianjin, China, and later for many years was a ship's captain for Hong Kong-based Jardine, Mattheson, and Co. and so knew the coasts of China well. Before the start of the First Sino-Japanese War he had been the Master of the merchant vessel ''Kow Shing'', which had built in 1883 in Barrow-in-Furness in Engla ...
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John McClure (judge)
John McClure (died 1915), nicknamed Poker Jack, was a politician and judge in Arkansas during Reconstruction. He was originally a lawyer from Ohio. McClure was part of Powell Clayton's inner circle. A Republican carpetbagger, he arrived in the capital city of Little Rock as the Lieutenant Colonel of an African-American regiment in the United States Army. Dismissed from the Army for playing cards, he gained the nickname, "Poker Jack," from the Democrats. After the American Civil War ended, he became an agent of the Freedmens Bureau for Arkansas County in eastern Arkansas. In 1868, he was appointed to the Arkansas Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Arkansas is the highest court in the state judiciary of Arkansas. It has ultimate and largely discretionary appellate jurisdiction over all state court cases that involve a point of state law, and original jurisdiction o ... and served until 1871. When Clayton was impeached in 1870, McClure issued an injunction preventing ...
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John McClure (poet)
John Peebles McClure (December 19, 1893 – February 8, 1956) was an American poet and one of the founding editors of ''The Double Dealer'' literary magazine. Early life John Peebles McClure was born in Ardmore, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory (located in Oklahoma) to John Alexander and Mary Elizabeth Peebles McClure. His mother died in 1896 and the family moved several times, finally settling in Chickasha around 1901. John attended both public and private schools before entering the University of Oklahoma in 1911. After getting his B.A. in 1915, he worked at the university library. During World War I he served in the U.S. Army cavalry and in the field artillery. After the war, he married librarian Grace Binford Smith (1918). In 1919, the McClures moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, where they opened a bookstore. McClure also worked as a copy editor for the New Orleans ''Times-Picayune''. He was to maintain a professional relationship with the ''Times-Picayune'' for 33 years, ris ...
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John McClure (producer)
John Taylor McClure (June 28, 1929 – June 17, 2014) was an American recording engineer and record producer, who worked in the fields of classical music, jazz, and popular music. Biography McClure was born on June 28, 1929, in Rahway, New Jersey, United States. He had one brother. He grew up in nearby Colonia, New Jersey and learned to play the piano by ear. He later claimed that he never was very good at reading musical scores. He studied at Oberlin College and at New York University, but did not graduate. After working in a number of other jobs, he obtained a junior position with the Carnegie Hall Recording Company in 1950. He was soon employed as a recording engineer for Columbia Records and by the late 1950s became a producer. From the early 1970s, he operated in a freelance capacity. He engineered Bruno Walter's cycle of the nine Beethoven symphonies with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra. He also worked on over thirty recordings with Igor Stravinsky, and around 200 wi ...
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John J
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John ...
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Sir John William Maclure, 1st Baronet
Sir John William Maclure, 1st Baronet (22 April 1835 – 28 January 1901), was a British businessman and Conservative politician. Biography Maclure was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Brasenose College, Oxford, but left university without taking a degree due to ill health. He later became manager of the Guardian Insurance Company and was also Secretary of the Cotton Famine Relief Fund during the Lancashire Cotton famine in the early 1860s. He played an important role for the revival of Conservatism in Manchester and served as President of the Conservative Association of South and East Lancashire. In the 1885 general election he unsuccessfully contested Stretford, but was successfully returned for the same constituency in the 1886 general election, and held the seat until his death. In 1898 he was created a Baronet, of The Home in Whalley Range near Manchester in the County Palatine of Lancaster. He died in January 1901, aged 65. In his memory, his family paid for ...
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