George M. Bedinger

George Michael Bedinger ( born December 10, 1756 in Hanover, Pennsylvania, † December 7, 1843 in Nicholas County, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1803 and 1807, he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

George Bedinger was the uncle of Congressman Henry Bedinger (1812-1858) of Virginia. Around the year 1762, he came to Virginia. In 1779 he moved into the area of ​​the later of Kentucky, where he settled in Boonesborough. There he was working as a farmer. In May 1779 he took part in an Indian campaign. In the following years until 1793, he was a major in the United States Army. In this capacity he participated in other Indian wars.

Politically, Bedinger joined, founded by Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party. After the founding of the State of Kentucky, he was elected in 1792 in the House of Representatives. Between 1800 and 1801 he sat in the Senate from Kentucky. In the congressional elections of 1802, he was sixth in the newly created constituency of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1803. After a re-election in 1804 he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1807 two legislative sessions. During this time, the territory of the United States has been considerably enlarged by the investments made by President Jefferson Louisiana Purchase. In 1804, the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified.

In 1806, Bedinger gave up another candidacy. After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives, he retired from politics. In the following decades he worked in agriculture. George Bedinger died on December 7, 1843 on his farm near the village of Blue Licks Springs and was also buried there.