George Warren Weymouth (August 25, 1850 – September 7, 1910) was a

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Early life

Born in West Amesbury (now Merrimac),

, Weymouth attended the public schools and the Merrimac High School. He moved to Fitchburg in 1882 and engaged in the carriage business. He later became manager of the Simonds Rolling Machine Co.

Career

Weymouth was trustee of the Fitchburg Savings Bank from 1891 to 1901 and director of the Fitchburg National Bank from 1892 to 1901. He was also a director in other corporations. He served as member of the common council of Fitchburg in 1886 and in the

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in 1896. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1896. Weymouth was elected as a

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to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1900.

Later life and death

Following his time in Washington, he moved to

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, where he served as president of the Atlas Tack Corp. from 1897 to 1910. Weymouth died in an automobile accident near

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, on September 7, 1910. He was interred in Riverside Cemetery in Fairhaven.

References

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