George Sullivan (New Hampshire)

George Sullivan ( born August 29, 1771 in Durham, Strafford County, New Hampshire, † April 14, 1838 in Exeter, New Hampshire ) was an American politician. Between 1811 and 1813, he represented the State of New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

George Sullivan was a son of John Sullivan (1740-1795), delegate to the Continental Congress 1786-1790 and twice governor of New Hampshire was. He was also a nephew of James Sullivan (1744-1808), who served as governor of Massachusetts. Sullivan attended the Harvard University until 1790. After studying law and its made ​​in 1793 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new profession in Exeter.

Politically, a member of the Sullivan founded by Alexander Hamilton Federalist Party. In 1805 he was elected to the House of Representatives from New Hampshire. Between 1805 and 1806 he held the office of Attorney General of his state. In the congressional elections of 1810, which were held all across the state, he was for the fifth parliamentary seat from New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of James Wilson on March 4, 1811. Until March 3, 1813, he completed only one term in Congress. In this time of the beginning of the British -American war fell.

After the end of his time in the House of Representatives in 1813 Sullivan was again a member of parliament of his home state; 1814-1815 he was a member of the Senate of New Hampshire. Then he was again Attorney General of the State 1816-1835. George Sullivan died on 14 April 1838 in Exeter.