George Hires

George Hires

George Hires (born January 26, 1835 in Elsinboro , Salem County , New Jersey , †  February 16, 1911 in Atlantic City , New Jersey) was an American politician . Between 1885 and 1889 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Hires attended the public schools in his home country as well as the Friends' School . He also completed commercial training. In the following years he worked in trade and crafts. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1867 and 1869 he was Sheriff's chief of police in Salem County. From 1881 to 1884 he was a member of the New Jersey Senate .

In the congressional elections of 1884 Hires was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded Thomas M. Ferrell on March 4, 1885 , whom he had defeated in the election. After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1889 . In 1888 he renounced another candidacy.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, George Hires returned to trading. He also got into the banking industry. In 1894 he took part in the regional Republican party convention in New Jersey; two years later he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in St. Louis , where William McKinley was nominated as a presidential candidate. For twelve years, Hires was a board member of his party in New Jersey. He died in Atlantic City on February 16, 1911.

Web links

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

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