George Fries

George Fries (born January 25, 1799 in Pennsylvania , †  November 13, 1866 in Cincinnati , Ohio ) was an American politician . Between 1845 and 1849 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

As a child, George Fries moved with his parents to Columbiana County , Ohio, where he attended public schools. After studying medicine and being licensed as a doctor, he began to work in this profession in Hanoverton in 1833 . Politically, he joined the Democratic Party .

In the congressional election of 1844 Fries was elected to the 17th  constituency of Ohio in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded William C. McCauslen on March 4, 1845 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1849 . These were largely shaped by the events of the Mexican-American War . On February 23, 1848, Fries was in Congress when former President John Quincy Adams suffered his fatal heart attack. In the same year he gave up another candidacy.

In 1850 he moved to Cincinnati, where he practiced as a doctor. Between 1860 and 1862 he was a chamberlain in Hamilton County there . In August 1864 he took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago . During the civil war he supported the Union, but was against their war efforts. When the news of the murder of Abraham Lincoln arrived, an angry crowd stormed his property. He died in Cincinnati on November 13, 1866.

Web links

• George Fries in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George Fries in the database of Find a Grave (English)