George May Germ

George May Keim (born March 23, 1805 in Reading , Pennsylvania , †  June 10, 1861 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1838 and 1843 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Keim received a good education and then studied at Princeton College . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1826, he began to work in Reading in this profession. He also served in the state militia, where he made it to major general. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1837 and 1838 he was a delegate to a constitutional convention in his home state.

After the resignation of MP Henry Muhlenberg , Keim was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on March 17, 1838. After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1843 . From 1839 he was chairman of the militia committee. The period after 1841 was marked by tension between President John Tyler and the Whigs . In addition, a possible annexation of the Republic of Texas , which has been independent of Mexico since 1836, was already being discussed.

Between 1843 and 1850 Keim was US Marshal for the eastern part of the state of Pennsylvania; in 1852 he served as mayor of his hometown Reading. In the presidential election of 1860 he was one of Stephen A. Douglas' electors . George Keim died in Reading on June 10, 1861. His daughter Julia (1829–1915) married the painter Gustavus Behne in 1856 . His nephew William High Keim (1813-1862) was also a congressman.

Web links

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

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

predecessor	Office	successor
Henry Muhlenberg	United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (9th constituency) March 17, 1838 - March 3, 1843	John Knight