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George Roland Malby (September 16, 1857 in Canton,
George R. Malby, late a representative from New York, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1913
{{DEFAULTSORT:Malby, George Roland 1857 births 1912 deaths St. Lawrence University alumni Speakers of the New York State Assembly Republican Party New York (state) state senators Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly People from Canton, New York Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 19th-century American politicians
George Roland Malby (September 16, 1857 in Canton, St. Lawrence County, New York
St. Lawrence County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 108,505.
The county seat is Canton.
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– July 5, 1912 in New York City
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) was an American politician from New York. He was Speaker of the New York State Assembly in 1894, and served three terms in Congress.
Life
He attended Canton Union School and St. Lawrence University. He studied law, wasadmitted to the bar
An admission to practice law is acquired when a lawyer receives a license to practice law. In jurisdictions with two types of lawyer, as with barristers and solicitors, barristers must gain admission to the bar whereas for solicitors there are dist ...
in 1881, and commenced the practice of law in Ogdensburg, New York
Ogdensburg ( moh, Kaniatarahòn:tsi) is a city in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 10,436 at the 2019 census. In the late 18th century, European-American settlers named the community after American land owner and de ...
.
Malby was the Justice of the Peace of Oswegatchie, New York.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1891
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany.
** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence.
** Germany takes formal possession of its new Af ...
, 1892
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States.
* February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado.
* February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies fo ...
(both St. Lawrence Co., 1st D.), 1893
Events
January–March
* January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America.
* Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson.
* January 6 – Th ...
, 1894
Events January–March
* January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire.
* January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United S ...
and 1895
Events
January–March
* January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
* January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Histor ...
(all three St. Lawrence Co.); and was Minority Leader in 1893, and Speaker
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in 1894.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (32nd D.) from 1896 to 1906, sitting in the 119th, 120th, 121st, 122nd, 123rd, 124th, 125th, 126th, 127th, 128th and 129th New York State Legislature
The 129th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 3 to May 3, 1906, during the second year of Frank W. Higgins's governorship, in Albany.
Background
Under the pro ...
s.
Malby was elected as a Republican
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to the 60th, 61st and 62nd United States Congress
The 62nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1911, to M ...
es, holding office from March 4, 1907, until his death. On December 13, 1911, Malby was the sole dissenter when the House voted 300–1 to terminate relations with Russia based on that nation's discrimination against Jews.Cyrus Adler and Aaron Morris Margalith, ''With Firmness in the Right: American Diplomatic Action Affecting Jews, 1840-1945'' (Ayer Publishing, 1977) p286
He was buried at Ogdensburg Cemetery in Ogdensburg, N.Y.
See also
* List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)References
External links
George R. Malby, late a representative from New York, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1913
{{DEFAULTSORT:Malby, George Roland 1857 births 1912 deaths St. Lawrence University alumni Speakers of the New York State Assembly Republican Party New York (state) state senators Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly People from Canton, New York Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 19th-century American politicians