Edward Cochrane McLean was a United States federal judge

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Born in Hoosick Falls, New York

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, McLean received an A.B.

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 from Williams College

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 in 1924 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School

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 in 1929. He was a deputy assistant district attorney of New York County, New York from 1935 to 1936. He was in private practice in New York City

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 from 1943 to 1962. He was a judge on the Probate Court in Darien, Connecticut

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 from 1957 to 1962.

On April 3, 1962, McLean was nominated by President John F. Kennedy

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 to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

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 vacated by Edward J. Dimock. McLean was confirmed by the United States Senate

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 on July 13, 1962, and received his commission on August 24, 1962. McLean served in that capacity until his death, in 1972.

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