George Randolph Fearon (March 12, 1883 – January 2, 1976) was an American lawyer and politician from

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. He was President pro tempore of the New York State Senate from 1931 to 1932.

Life

Fearon was born in , in Oneida, New York to George Fearon and Anna Elizabeth (Charlow) Fearon. He graduated from Oneida High School in 1901, then studied law at

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and was admitted to the bar in 1905. On November 17, 1909, he married Cora Lucy Nichols, and they had two daughters: Elizabeth Mary Fearon and Helen Charlow Fearon. He was a member of the

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(Onondaga Co., 3rd D.) in

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. He was a member of the

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(38th D.) from 1921 to 1936, sitting in the 144th, 145th, 146th, 147th, 148th, 149th, 150th, 151st, 152nd, 153rd, 154th, 155th, 156th, 157th, 158th and 159th New York State Legislatures; and was Temporary President from 1931 to 1932, and Minority Leader from 1933 to 1936. He was a delegate to the

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. His first wife Cora died in January 1938 during a stomach operation. On March 4, 1939, he married in

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, Bertha (Stone) Moore who had been a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1938, and was the widow of Assemblyman

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. On August 5, 1953, he married Katherine McBride. He died in Naples, Florida.

Sources

Political Graveyard

His first wife's obit in NYT on January 13, 1938 (subscription required)

His engagement, in NYT on August 28, 1938 (subscription required)

His second marriage, in NYT on March 5, 1939 (subscription required)

His third marriage, in NYT on August 8, 1953 (subscription required)

Obit in NYT on January 4, 1976 (giving wrong middle initial "E.") (subscription required)
''Eminent Judges and Lawyers of the American Bar''
by Charles William Taylor

Obit of his mother, at RootsWeb

His entry at RootsWeb (mixing up the last name of his second wife and the first name of his third wife)

External links

Costello, Cooney & Fearon PLLC
His law firm {{DEFAULTSORT:Fearon, George R 1883 births 1976 deaths People from Oneida, New York Lawyers from Syracuse, New York Majority leaders of the New York State Senate Republican Party New York (state) state senators Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly Syracuse University alumni 20th-century American legislators Politicians from Syracuse, New York 20th-century American lawyers