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Line 1: {{Short description\|American lawyer and politician (~~1786-1857~~1786–1857)}} {{Multiple issues\| {{More footnotes\|date=May 2010}} Line 54: \| birth_date = {{birth date\|1786\|05\|28}} \| birth_place = [[Smyrna, Delaware\|Smyrna]], [[Delaware]] \|death_date = {{death date and age\|1857\|10\|7\|1786\|05\|28}} \|death_place = [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], U.S. \|party = [[Federalist Party\|Federalist]] (before 1825)<br>[[Jacksonian democracy\|Jacksonian]] (1825–1837)<br>[[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]] (1837–1857) Line 63: \| children = 14, including [[Louis McLane (expressman)\|Louis Jr.]], [[Robert Milligan McLane\|Robert]] }} '''Louis McLane''' (May 28, 1786 – October 7, 1857) was an American lawyer and politician from [[Wilmington, Delaware\|Wilmington]], in [[New Castle County, Delaware]], and [[Baltimore\|Baltimore, Maryland]]. He was a veteran of the [[War of 1812]], a member of the [[Federalist Party (United States)\|Federalist Party]] and later the [[History of the Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic Party]]. He served as the U.S. representative from Delaware, U.S. senator from Delaware, the tenth U.S. [[United States Secretary of the Treasury\|Secretary of the Treasury]], the twelfth U.S. [[United States Secretary of State\|Secretary of State]], ambassador (Minister Plenipotentiary) to ~~the United~~Great ~~Kingdom~~Britain, and president of the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]]. As a member of President [[Andrew Jackson]]'s Cabinet, McLane was a prominent figure during the [[Bank War]]. McLane pursued a more moderate approach towards the [[Second Bank of the United States]] than the President, but agreed with Jackson's decision in 1832 to veto a Congressional bill renewing the Bank's charter. He also helped draft the [[Force Bill]] in 1833. He was elected to the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 1831.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=APS Member History\|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=1831&year-max=1831&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced\|access-date=April 8, 2021\|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> ==Early life and family== Louis McLane was born in [[Smyrna, Delaware]], on May 28, 1786. ~~His parents,~~to [[Allan McLane]] and Rebecca Wells McLane~~, named him for King [[Louis XVI of France]]~~. McLane's father~~, [[Allan McLane\|Allan]]~~, was a veteran of the [[American Revolutionary War]], appointed by [[George Washington]] in 1797 to the lucrative federal position of [[United States Customs Service\|Customs]] collector for the [[Port of Wilmington (Delaware)\|Port of Wilmington]]. As a well-known and fervently loyal [[Federalist Party (United States)\|Federalist]], he received the strong backing of [[James A. Bayard (elder)\|James A. Bayard]], enabling him to keep his appointment despite the election of a political opponent, [[Thomas Jefferson]]. Allan McLane retained the position for over 30 years, under presidents of both parties, until his death during the administration of [[Andrew Jackson]]. Much of his income came from the seizure of contraband. Louis McLane inherited much of this wealth, along with legal issues that lasted well beyond the death of his father. Louis married Catherine Mary (Kitty) Milligan in 1812. Their 13 children included [[Robert Milligan McLane]] (1815–1898), a governor of Maryland and U.S. ambassador; [[Louis McLane (expressman)\|Louis McLane]] (1819–1905), who became [[List of Wells Fargo presidents\|a president]] of [[Wells Fargo & Co.]]; and Lydia Milligan Sims McLane (1822–1887), wife of [[Confederate States of America\|Confederate]] General [[Joseph E. Johnston]].<ref name="hitandstay">{{cite web \|title=McLane-Fisher Family Papers circa 1800-1905, MS. 2403 \|url=https://www.hitandstay.com/findingaid/mclane-fisher-family-papers-circa-1800-1905-ms-2403 \|website=www.hitandstay.com \|publisher=[[Maryland Historical Society]] \|access-date=March 8, 2021}}</ref> Line 436: {{s-end}} {{United States Secretaries of State}} ~~{{Government of Delaware}}~~ ~~{{USSecState}}~~ {{USSecTreas}} {{United States senators from Delaware}} ~~{{USSenDE}}~~ {{United States representatives from Delaware}} ~~{{USRepDE}}~~ {{US Ambassadors to the UK}} {{US House Ways and Means chairs}} Line 462 ⟶ 461: [[Category:Ambassadors of the United States to the United Kingdom]] [[Category:19th-century American diplomats]] ~~[[Category:Delaware lawyers]]~~ [[Category:Politicians from Baltimore]] [[Category:~~People~~Politicians from Wilmington, Delaware]] [[Category:Lawyers from Wilmington, Delaware]] [[Category:Baltimore and Ohio Railroad people]] [[Category:Lawyers from Baltimore]]