George Chambers (February 24, 1786 – March 25, 1866) was an Anti-Masonic member of the

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from

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. George Chambers was born in

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. He graduated from

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in 1804, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1807 and commenced practice in Chambersburg. Chambers was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses. After his time in Congress, he resumed the practice of law and was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1837. He was appointed a justice of the

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on April 12, 1851, which position he held until it was vacated by constitutional provision. From 1849 to 1858 he served as a trustee of

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. He died in Chambersburg in 1866. Interment in Falling Spring Presbyterian Churchyard.

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