George M. Bedinger

George M. Bedinger

George Michael Bedinger (born December 10, 1756 in Hanover , Province of Pennsylvania , †  December 7, 1843 in Nicholas County , Kentucky ) was an American politician . Between 1803 and 1807 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives . He was the uncle of Congressman Henry Bedinger (1812-1858) from Virginia .

Career

George Bedinger came to Virginia around 1762. In 1779 he moved to what would later become the state of Kentucky, where he settled in Boonesborough . There he worked as a farmer. In May 1779 he took part in an Indian campaign. In the following years until 1793 he was a major in the United States Army . In this capacity he took part in other Indian wars.

Politically, Bedinger joined the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson . After the state of Kentucky was founded, he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1792 . Between 1800 and 1801 he was a member of the Kentucky Senate . In the congressional election of 1802 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the newly created sixth constituency of Kentucky , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1803. After re-election in 1804, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1807 . During this time, the Louisiana Purchase made by President Jefferson expanded the territory of the United States considerably. In 1804 the twelfth amendment was ratified.

In 1806 Bedinger declined to run again. After leaving the US House of Representatives, he withdrew from politics. In the following decades he worked in agriculture. George Bedinger died on December 7, 1843 on his farm near the village of Blue Licks Springs and was buried there.

Web links

• George M. Bedinger in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George M. Bedinger in the database of Find a Grave (English)