George Jacob Benner (April 13, 1859 – December 30, 1930) was a

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member of the

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from Pennsylvania. George J. Benner was born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and was graduated from Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in 1878. He taught school for several years, studied law, was admitted to the Adams County, Pennsylvania, bar in 1881 and commenced practice in Gettysburg. He was a delegate to the Democratic State convention in 1886. Benner was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in

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. He resumed the practice of law in Gettysburg. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election as president judge of the thirty-first judicial district in 1925. He died in Gettysburg in 1930 and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Benner, George J. 1859 births 1930 deaths People from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania lawyers Gettysburg College alumni Burials at Evergreen Cemetery (Adams County, Pennsylvania) Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania