George Denison (February 22, 1790 – August 20, 1831) was a member of the
United States House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
Biography
Denison (uncle of
Charles Denison
Charles Denison (January 23, 1818 – June 27, 1867) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Charles Denison (nephew of George Denison) was born in Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. He received a liberal ed ...
) was born in
Kingston, Pennsylvania
Kingston is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located on the western bank of the Susquehanna River opposite the city of Wilkes-Barre. Kingston was first settled in the early 1770s; it was incorporated as a borough in ...
. He attended the
Wilkes-Barre Academy. He served as clerk of the
Wilkes-Barre
Wilkes-Barre ( or ) is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Luzerne County. Located at the center of the Wyoming Valley in Northeastern Pennsylvania, it had a population of 44,328 in the 2020 census. It is the secon ...
borough council from 1811 to 1814, and member of the council for many years, serving as president in 1823 and 1824. He served as recorder and registrar of
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
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, from 1812 to 1815. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1813 and commenced practice in Luzerne County.
He was a member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts.
It ...
in 1815 and 1816. He was elected as a Republican to the
Sixteenth
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and
Seventeenth Congresses. He served as chairman of the
in the Seventeenth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination.
He resumed the practice of law and served as deputy attorney general for Luzerne County in 1824. He was again elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1827, and served until his death. He was burgess of Wilkes-Barre Borough in 1829 and 1830. He died in Wilkes-Barre in 1831. Interment in
Hollenback Cemetery.
Sources
The Political Graveyard
Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
People from the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area
People from Kingston, Pennsylvania
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1790 births
1831 deaths
Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
19th-century American politicians
19th-century American lawyers
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