George Beale Sloan (June 20, 1831 – July 10, 1904) was an American businessman, banker and politician.

Life

George Beale Sloan was born in Oswego, New York, on June 20, 1831. From 1864 to 1884, he was co-owner of the firm of "Sloan & Irwin, flour commissioners" which held a large number of business interests. From 1884 until his death, he was President of the Second National Bank of Oswego. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Oswego Co., 1st D.) in 1874,

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and 1879, and was

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in 1877.

He was a member of the New York State Senate (21st D.) from 1886 to 1891, sitting in the 109th, 110th, 111th, 112th, 113th and 114th New York State Legislatures. He announced his retirement from politics on May 26, 1891. In 1892, as a member of the Committee of the Detroit Deep Water Ways Convention in

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, he gave his adverse opinion on the ruinously high import duty on Canadian

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. Sloan was a

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; and a delegate to the

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. He died in Oswego on July 10, 1904, and was buried at Riverside Cemetery. His son George Beale Sloan Jr. committed suicide on July 10, 1914 (exactly 10 years after the death of his father), by jumping from a concrete bridge over Rye Lake at

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sloan, George B 1831 births 1904 deaths Politicians from Oswego, New York Speakers of the New York State Assembly New York (state) state senators American bankers 1896 United States presidential electors 19th-century American businesspeople