George Franklin Huff
George Franklin Huff (* July 16, 1842 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, † April 18, 1912 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1891 and 1911 he represented several times the state of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Career
George Huff attended the public schools Middletown and later in Altoona. At the age of 18 he began in Altoona for the Pennsylvania Railroad to work. In 1867 he moved to the Westmoreland County, where he was active in Greensburg in the banking industry. Later he engaged in the western part of his home state in industry and mining. Politically, he joined the Republican Party. In June 1880 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in part in Chicago, was nominated for the James A. Garfield as a presidential candidate. Between 1884 and 1888 he sat in the Senate of Pennsylvania.
In the congressional elections of 1890 Huff was elected in 21 electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Samuel Alfred Craig on March 4, 1891. Until March 3, 1893, he was able to complete a term in Congress. In the elections of 1894 Huff was elected to Congress again in the statewide 29th District of Pennsylvania, where he replaced Alexander McDowell on March 4, 1895. Since he resigned in 1896 to further candidacy, he could again spend only one term in the U.S. House of Representatives until March 3, 1897.
In the elections of 1902, Huff was selected in the 22nd district of Pennsylvania, succeeding John Dalzell again in Congress. After three re- elections, he was able to graduate in 1911 three further terms between March 4th 1903 and March 3. Since 1907 he was Chairman of the Mining Committee. In 1910 he gave up another candidacy.
After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives George Huff is no longer politically have appeared. He died on April 18, 1912 in the federal capital, Washington. Huff was married since 1871 with Henrietta Burrell, with whom he had eight children. He was also a member of the elite South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, which includes many prominent millionaires from Pennsylvania belonged. This club belonged to the South Fork Dam and the associated dam that broke in 1889 and triggered a tsunami with many dead.