George L. Wellington

George Louis Wellington ( born January 28, 1852 in Cumberland, Maryland, † March 20, 1927 ibid ) was an American politician ( Republican), who represented the state of Maryland in both chambers of Congress.

George Wellington attended a German -language school, and he also received private lessons. From 1870 he worked as a clerk ( Clerk ) at the Second National Bank of Cumberland; later he worked there as a cashier. His first public office he held from 1882 to 1888 as Treasurer ( Treasurer ) in Allegany County; in 1890, he held that post again. In 1889 he competed unsuccessfully for the office of state auditor ( Comptroller ) of Maryland. From 1890 he served as Deputy Treasurer of the United States with headquarters in Baltimore.

1892 Wellington approached in the election for the House of Representatives of the United States. In the sixth congressional district of Maryland, he defeated the Democratic incumbent William McMahon McKaig just barely. Two years later, he ran again and this time was able to prevail against its competitors Frederick Williams eight percentage points ahead. He remained for only one term in the House of Representatives, as he was in 1896 elected to the U.S. Senate. There he met on March 4, 1897 the successor to the Democrats Charles Hopper Gibson. After one term he applied again in 1902 not to this mandate, and consequently resigned on 3 March 1903 from the Congress of. During his time as a senator, he led among other things, the chair of the committee for the establishment of a University of the United States.

In 1913, Wellington was trying to create the return to the Senate. As a candidate of the Progressive Party, he was, however, a chance and received only 3.5 percent of the vote; The winner was the Democrat Blair Lee. After he retired from politics. He was president of two banks and was involved in his hometown of Cumberland in rail transport as well as in the electricity supply.