train at the City Hall Station, and then hand it over to an IRT motorman. However, he was enjoying himself so much that he refused to give up the controls until the train reached 103rd Street Station. U.S. Presidential candidacy McClellan ran for president in 1904, receiving 3 votes on the first ballot at the Democratic National Convention. Later career Throughout his political career, McClellan remained interested in education and in 1906 he was named honorary Chancellor of Union College. At Princeton he delivered the Stafford Little lectures on public affairs (1908–1910), served as university lecturer (1911–1912) and was subsequently appointed a professor of economic history. McClellan served in World War I entering the Army as major assigned to the Ordnance Department in May 1917 and he was honorably discharged in May 1919 with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Personal life McClellan married Georgiana Heckscher on October 30, 1889. McClellan died on November 30, 1940, one week after his 75th birthday, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Selected works The Oligarchy of Venice. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1904. The Heel of War. New York: G.W. Dillingham Company, 1916. Venice and Bonaparte. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1931. Modern Italy: A Short History. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1933. The Gentleman and the Tiger: The Autobiography of George B. McClellan Jr.. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1956. See also Mayor of New York City List of mayors of New York City New York City mayoral elections References Notes Sources Some of the text is taken from , which is in the public domain Further reading Mulrine, M. Barbara. The Price of Honor: The Life and Times of George Brinton McClellan Jr. (2011), The standard scholarly biography Syrett, Harold C., "Introduction" to The Gentleman and the Tiger: The Autobiography of George B. McClellan Jr.. (1956) pp 9–39 External links From Regulation to Censorship: Film and Political Culture in New York in the Early Twentieth Century 1865 births 1940 deaths Mayors of New York City Heads of universities and colleges in the United States Princeton University alumni Burials at Arlington National Cemetery New York (state) lawyers Candidates in the 1904 United States presidential election 20th-century American politicians United States Army colonels United States Army personnel of World War I Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) McClellan family