George Wolf
George Wolf ( * August 12 1777 in Allen Township, Pennsylvania, † March 11, 1840 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician and from 1829 to 1835, the seventh Governor of the State of Pennsylvania.
Early years and political rise
George Wolf attended the Allen Township Classical Academy, where he was also a teacher later. After studying law he was admitted in 1798 as a lawyer. Thereafter, he practiced this profession in Easton. He was 1802-1803 and head of the post office. Between 1804 and 1809 he was employed by a probate court ( Orphans Court ) in Northampton County.
In 1814 he was elected for a period in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. After he was not re-elected in 1815, he worked as a lawyer again. He only returned in 1824 to the political scene back. In that year he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he remained until 1829. In Congress, he was chairman of a committee for the treatment of claims arising from the time of the American Revolution. End of the 1820s Wolf had joined the new founded by Andrew Jackson Democratic Party. As their candidate, he was elected in 1829 as the new governor of his home state.
Governor of Pennsylvania
George Wolf took up his new post on December 15, 1829. After a re-election in 1832, he could serve until 15 December 1835. During this time, the school system has been improved and unified in Pennsylvania. Every child in Pennsylvania was at least a minimum level of education and training received through this education reform. Wolf is considered the father of the school system of that State, even though the plans already partly stemmed from his predecessor John Andrew Shulze. In addition to the school policy, the legislation of the country has been revised. With the help of new taxes, the infrastructure was expanded, which have now also started the railway construction.
Due to the nationwide political antagonism between President Jackson and his vice-president John C. Calhoun came temporarily in Pennsylvania to a split in the Democratic Party. The Jacksonians were for a strong federal government, while the followers of Calhoun championed the rights of the individual states. Federal policy culminated in 1832 in the dispute between the State of Nullifikationskrise South Carolina and the federal government. Governor Wolf stood near the Calhoun - wing, especially since he fell out with the president because of his banking policy. Because of this split, Wolf could not prevail in 1835 in the gubernatorial elections. The Democrats are up next to him with Henry Muhlenberg still a candidate on. Due to this fragmentation managed Joseph Ritner, the candidate of the short-lived Anti- Masonic Party to win the election for governor. Therefore, Wolf had to resign from his post in December 1835.
Further CV
After the end of his governorship Wolf was 1836-1838 auditor in the U.S. Treasury ( Comptroller of the Treasury). In 1838 he was appointed by President Martin Van Buren appointed head of the customs authority at the port of Philadelphia. He remained in this position until his sudden death in 1840. George Wolf was married to Mary Erb, with whom he had nine children.