George McCulloch

George McCulloch ( born February 22, 1792 in Maysville, Kentucky, † April 6, 1861 in Port Royal, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1839 and 1841 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

After the early death of his parents George McCulloch grew up with distant relatives in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania on. Later he was engaged in the iron industry in Centre County. Between 1836 and 1850 he was co-owner of the iron works of Hannah Furnace. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In the years 1835 and 1836 he sat in the Senate of Pennsylvania.

After the death of Congressman William Wilson Potter McCulloch was at the due election as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 20 November 1839. Since he has not been confirmed in 1840, he could only finish the current term in Congress until March 3, 1841. After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, George McCulloch withdrew into retirement, which he spent in Lewistown. He died on 6 April 1861 in Port Royal.