Editing George B. McClellan (section)

==Postwar years==
At the conclusion of the war (1865) McClellan and his family went to Europe, not returning until 1868; in this period he did not participate in politics.<ref name="RmtMN" /> Prior to his return in September 1868, the Democratic Party had expressed some interest in nominating him for president again, but Ulysses S. Grant became the Republican candidate in May 1868, and this interest died.<ref name="ad9Oy" />
McClellan worked on engineering projects in New York City and was offered the position of president of the newly formed [[University of California]], which he declined.<ref name="xY3iE" />
[[File:George B McClellan - c1880.jpg|thumb|right|McClellan photographed by William S. Warren, circa 1880]]
McClellan was appointed chief engineer of the New York City Department of Docks in 1870. Beginning in 1872, he also served as the president of the [[Atlantic and Great Western Railroad]]. He and his family then embarked on another three-year stay in Europe (1873–75).<ref name="xtfcA" />

In March 1877, the Governor of New York, [[Lucius Robinson]], nominated McClellan to serve as the first state [[New York State Department of Public Works|Superintendent of Public Works]],<ref name="59Zc2" /> but the [[New York State Senate]] rejected him as "incompetent to fill the position for which he was named".<ref name="PSMe4" />