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McClure, Alexander Kelly 1828-
Journalist; born in Sherman's Valley, Pa., Jan. 9, 1828; was educated at home; and in 1842 was apprenticed to the tanner's trade.
In 1846-50 he edited the Mifflin Sentinel, and in 1850-56 the Chambersburg Repository.
In the latter year he was admitted to the bar. In 1857-59 he was a member of the Pennsylvania legislature; in 1862-64 he again edited the Chambersburg Repository; and in 1868-73 practised law in Philadelphia.
In 1872 he was a State Senator and in 1873 an unsuccessful independent candidate for mayor of Philadelphia, being defeated by a small plurality only.
In 1875 he became editorin-chief of the Philadelphia Times, and in March, 1901, retired therefrom.
His publications include Three thousand miles through the Rocky Mountains; The South; Lincoln and men of War-times; Our Presidents and how we make them, etc.