Postbellum Life
McClernand was district judge of the Sangamon (Illinois) District in 1870–73, and was president of the 1876 Democratic National Convention. McClernand's last public service was on a federal advisory board overseeing the Utah Territory. Despite his resignation, he was able to receive an Army pension due to an act of Congress.
John McClernand died in Springfield, Illinois, and is interred there at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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