George H. Dunn

George Hedford Dunn ( * November 15, 1794 in New York City, New York, † January 12, 1854 in Lawrenceburg, Indiana ) was an American politician. Between 1837 and 1839 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1817 George Dunn came to Lawrenceburg in Indiana. After a subsequent study law and took place in 1822, admitted to the bar he began to work in his new hometown in this profession. He also embarked on a political career. Between 1828 and 1833 he was elected three times to the House of Representatives from Indiana. He sat down for the construction of a railroad in Indiana, and was later until his death president of the Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railroad Co.

Dunn was a member of the Whig Party, founded in 1835. Already in 1834 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress. In the congressional elections of 1836, he was then in the fourth electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Amos Lane on March 4, 1837. As he defeated Democrat Thomas Smith in 1838, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1839.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives George Dunn practiced as a lawyer again. Between 1841 and 1844 he was Minister of Finance of the State of Indiana. Subsequently, he served as a judge in Dearborn County. He died on January 12, 1854 in Lawrenceburg.