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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | George L. Wellington |
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Cumberland, Maryland , United States |
| Email | None |
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January 28, 1852
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| Died | March 20, 1927
(75 years)
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| Contributor | U Ole Polecat |
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| Info | attended a German school and received private instruction; clerk in the Second National Bank of Cumberland in 1870 and later was teller; treasurer of Allegany County 1882-1888, 1890; unsuccessful candidate for election as comptroller of Maryland in 1889; assistant treasurer of the United States at Baltimore 1890-1893; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Fifty-third Congress; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897); elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1897, to March 3, 1903; was not a candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee to Establish the University of the United States (Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate on the Progressive ticket for election to the United States Senate in 1913; engaged in civic activities; president of two banks and interested in the electric railways and lighting companies of Cumberland, Md.
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