George R. Malby

George Roland Malby ( born September 16, 1857 in Canton, New York, † July 5, 1912 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1907 and 1912 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

George Roland Malby was born about four years before the outbreak of the Civil War in St. Lawrence County. He attended the Canton Union School and St. Lawrence University in Canton. Malby studied law. After receiving his license to practice law in 1881 he began to practice in Ogdensburg. He was justice of the peace in Oswegatchie. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1890 and 1895 he sat in the New York State Assembly. During this time his party colleagues elected him as their leader in the assembly. In 1894 he held the post held as Speaker. He sat 1895-1907 in the Senate from New York.

In the congressional elections of 1906 for the 60th Congress Malby was in the 26th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William H. Flack on March 4, 1907. He was re-elected twice in a row, however, died before the end of his last term of office on July 5, 1912 in New York City. His body was then buried in the same cemetery in Ogdensburg.