# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-brinton-mcclellan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:22:06.084Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-brinton-mcclellan"
name: "George Brinton McClellan"
slug: "george-brinton-mcclellan"
description: "George Brinton McClellan was an American military officer, politician, and engineer who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey from 1878 to 1881, as Commanding General of the United States Army from November 1861 to March 1862, and the unsuccessful Democratic Party candidate in the 1864 presidential election. He was also chief engineer and vice president of the Illinois Central Railroad, and later president of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad in 1860."
tagline: "American soldier and politician (1826–1885)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_B_McClellan_-_retouched.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1826-12-03"
deathDate: "1885-10-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump