George Curtis Wing Jr. (born October 6, 1878March 18, 1951) was an American politician and lawyer from

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. He was born in

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and raised in

Auburn, Maine Auburn is a city in south-central Maine within the United States. The city serves as the county seat of Androscoggin County. The population was 24,061 at the 2020 census. Auburn and its sister city Lewiston are known locally as the Twin Cities ...

, where he attended

Edward Little High School Edward Little High School is a public high school in Auburn, Maine, United States that was first established as Lewiston Falls Academy in 1835. Philanthropist Edward Little donated and considerable money to the academy, which was named in his h ...

. He then attended

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

, graduating in 1900 and

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in 1903. He represented his hometown of Auburn in the

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for five terms. He was first elected in 1908. Leaving office after one term, he was sent back to the House in 1920, 1922, 1924, and 1926. In 1922, he unsuccessfully sought election as

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. He was a leading politician in Auburn for many years. He was a leading voice in the successful campaign to institute a city manager system of government, as well as city solicitor, library trustee, member of the Board of Education, and as mayor from 1934-35. He served as President of the Board of Trustees of the Auburn Public Library from 1939–51. He died in 1951 at the age of 72 and is buried at

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