Leon Abbett
Videos
Leon Abbett was an American Democratic Party politician and lawyer who served two nonconsecutive terms as the 26th Governor of New Jersey from 1884 to 1887 and 1890 to 1893. His official state biograp
Leon Abbett
George B. McClellan
Videos
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 fro
Leon Abbett
…partnership with William J. Fuller, a distinguished patent and admiralty lawyer, until 1866. In 1864, Abbett entered politics by campaigning for General George McClellan's presidential campaign against Abraham Lincoln. In the same election, Abbett was elected to represent Hoboken in the New Jersey General Assembly. In…
Portrait by Mathew Benjamin Brady, 1861
The Julian Scott portrait of McClellan in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
McClellan and Ellen Mary "Nelly" (Marcy) McClellan
Patriotic cover honoring the arrival of McClellan in Washington, D.C., on July 26, 1861