George Hires (January 26, 1835 – February 16, 1911) was an American

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businessman and politician who represented

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's 1st congressional district in the

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for two terms from 1885 to 1889.

Early life and education

Hires was born in

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on January 26, 1835. He attended the common schools and the Friends' School and received commercial training. He engaged in mercantile and manufacturing pursuits.

Political career

He was sheriff of

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from 1867 to 1869, and was a member of the

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from 1881 to 1884.

Congress

Hires was elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1888 to the

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Later career

After leaving Congress, he resumed mercantile pursuits, and also engaged in banking. He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1894 and a delegate to the

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. He was a member of the Republican State committee for twelve years. Hires died in

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on February 16, 1911, and was interred in the First Presbyterian Cemetery in

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External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hires, George 1835 births 1911 deaths People from Elsinboro Township, New Jersey Politicians from Salem County, New Jersey Republican Party New Jersey state senators New Jersey sheriffs Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey 19th-century American politicians