George Pierce Ikirt (November 3, 1852 – February 12, 1927) was an American physician and politician who served one term as a

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from

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from 1893 to 1895.

Early life and education

He was born near West Beaver (southeast of Gavers in Wayne Township) in

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. He attended the public schools of

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. He taught school and studied law, but on account of ill health was compelled to abandon both.

Career

He later attended

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, moved to

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, and graduated from the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in 1877. He practiced for five years. He later went to

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in 1882 and was graduated from the Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1883. He then again resumed practice in

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, Ohio.

Congress

Ikirt was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1888 to the Fifty-first Congress. He was elected as a

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to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1894.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of medicine in East Liverpool, Ohio, and died there. He is buried in Riverview Cemetery.

Family life

He was married to Mary L. Hasson in 1873. She died in 1876, leaving a son, Frank H. Ikirt. He married Mary E. Holmes in 1880. She had five children.

References

* 1852 births 1927 deaths People from East Liverpool, Ohio 19th-century American legislators People from Columbiana County, Ohio 19th-century American physicians 20th-century American physicians Ohio State University College of Medicine alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio {{Ohio-Representative-stub