Samuel R. McClellan (March 19, 1806 – June 11, 1890) was an American physician, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer.
[2] McClellqn practiced medicine with his uncle in Johnstown for most of the next 8 years, establishing a good reputation in the medical profession.
He ran for Wisconsin Senate in 1857 on the Republican Party ticket and defeated Democratic nominee E. W.
After his time in the Legislature, he moved into the city of Kenosha, where he resumed his medical practice for much of the rest of his life, only retiring shortly before his death.
His paternal grandfather, Hugh McClellan, served as a minuteman volunteer at the Battles of Lexington and Concord and was captain of a company at the time of British general John Burgoyne's surrender in 1777.
[4] Samuel R. McClellan married Catherine M. Garner of Columbia County, New York, on October 27, 1830.
[4] Samuel R. McClellan died at his home in Kenosha on June 11, 1890, after a long decline in health.