George S. Shanklin

George Sea Shanklin ( born December 23, 1807, at Jessamine County, Kentucky, † April 1, 1883 ) was an American politician. Between 1865 and 1867 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

George Shanklin attended a private school in Nicholasville. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to practice in Nicholasville in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In the years 1838 and 1844 he was a deputy in the House of Representatives from Kentucky. In 1854, he worked as a prosecutor. Between 1861 and 1865 he was again a deputy in the State Parliament.

In the congressional elections of 1864 Shanklin was in the seventh election district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Brutus J. Clay on March 4, 1865. Until March 3, 1867, he was able to complete only one term in Congress. Since 1865 the work of the Congress was marked by tensions between the Republican Party and President Andrew Johnson, which culminated in a narrowly failed impeachment.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, George Shanklin withdrew into retirement, which he spent on his farm in Jessamine County. He is also passed on April 1, 1883.