George Holcombe (March 1786 – January 14, 1828) was an American physician and politician who served as a
United States representative
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from
New Jersey
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.
Early life and education
Born in what was then
Amwell Township (now in part of
Lambertville in
Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Hunterdon County is a county located in the western section of the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the county's population was 128,947, making it the state's 18th-most populous county,[Princeton College
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in 1805. He attended the medical department of the
University of Pennsylvania
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at Philadelphia and later studied medicine in
Trenton.
Holcombe was granted a license by the
Medical Society of New Jersey The Medical Society of New Jersey was founded on July 23, 1766. It is the oldest professional society in the United States.
History
It was founded as the ''New Jersey Medical Society'' on July 23, 1766, at a meeting in Duff's Tavern, New Brunswick ...
and practiced medicine in
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from 1808 to 1815.
Career
Holcombe held several local offices and was a member of the
New Jersey General Assembly
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in 1815 and 1816. He was elected as
Democratic-Republican
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to the Seventeenth Congress, elected as a
Jacksonian Democratic-Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses, and held office from March 4, 1821, until his death in Allentown in 1828. Holcombe's remains were interred in the
Congressional Cemetery
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.
See also
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References
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1786 births
1828 deaths
People from Allentown, New Jersey
People from Lambertville, New Jersey
Politicians from Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Princeton University alumni
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni
Members of the New Jersey General Assembly
Burials at the Congressional Cemetery
Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
19th-century American politicians