George Henry Noonan (August 20, 1828 – August 17, 1907) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Texas who was born in
Newark, New Jersey. He was the first Republican congressman from Texas to be elected after the end of
Reconstruction. Prior to his election in 1894, he had served as an elected state judge since 1862.
Early life and education
Born in
Newark, New Jersey in 1828, Noonan received a liberal education. He studied law and was
admitted to the bar. He started to practice law.
Career
At the age of 24, Noonan migrated west, moving to Texas in 1852. He settled in
Castroville in
Medina County. He set up a private practice and became politically active.
Noonan was elected as judge of the eighteenth judicial district of Texas in 1862 and served until 1894, when he resigned. He lived in
San Antonio.
Noonan was elected as a
Republican to the
Fifty-fourth Congress
The 54th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1895, ...
(March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897), the first to be elected to federal office in Texas since the end of Reconstruction.
[Suzanne Campbell, Lecture: "George B. Jackson, Black (or African-American) Businessman, Rancher, and Entrepreneur," West Texas Historical Association, annual meeting, Lubbock, Texas, April 2, 2011]
Noonan was defeated in his campaign for reelection in 1896 to the
Fifty-fifth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in San Antonio and died there on August 17, 1907. He is interred at St. Mary's Cemetery in the city.
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1828 births
1907 deaths
Politicians from Newark, New Jersey
Politicians from San Antonio
Texas state court judges
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas
19th-century American legislators
19th-century American judges
Lawyers from San Antonio