George Williams Cassidy

George Williams Cassidy ( born April 25, 1836 in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, † June 24, 1892 in Reno, Nevada ) was an American politician. Between 1881 and 1885 he represented the state of Nevada in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years and political rise

George Cassidy attended both public and private schools. He then studied law while, but without ever working as a lawyer. In 1870 he moved to Eureka, where he engaged in the newspaper business. Cassidy was a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1872 and 1879 he was a member of the Senate of Nevada; in 1879 he was its chairman.

Cassidy in Congress

In the congressional elections of 1880 he was able to prevail against the incumbent Rollin M. Daggett of the Republican Party and move into the U.S. House of Representatives. After a re-election in 1882 he was able to implement his mandate in Congress between March 4, 1881 and March 3, 1885. He was chairman of the committee that dealt with the railways in the western United States (Pacific Railroads ). In 1884, he lost in a renewed bid against William Woodburn.

Further CV

After the end of his time in Congress Cassidy was commissioned by President Grover Cleveland to the supervision of the banks in Nevada, Utah, California and Colorado. He held this position from 1886-1890. In the years 1888 and 1890 he applied unsuccessfully each for a return to Congress. In 1892 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, was again nominated on the ex-President Cleveland as a presidential candidate. In the same year he was then prepared for the congressional elections. But he died before the elections in Reno.