George A. Marshall

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George A. Marshall (1899)

George Alexander Marshall (born September 14, 1851 in Sidney , Ohio , †  April 21, 1899 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1897 and 1899 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Marshall attended the public schools of his home country and then the Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1876, he began to work in his new profession in Sydney. Between 1878 and 1886 he served as a prosecutor in Shelby County .

In the 1896 congressional election , Marshall was elected as a Democratic Party candidate in the fourth constituency of Ohio to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Fernando C. Layton on March 4, 1897 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1898, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1899 . During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell .

George Marshall died in Sidney, his hometown, on April 22, 1899, just weeks after leaving the US House of Representatives.

Web links

  • George A. Marshall in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Marshall, George A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marshall, George Alexander (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH near Sidney , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 1899
Place of death Sidney , Ohio