George R. Dennis

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George R. Dennis

George Robertson Dennis (* 8. April 1822 in Whitehaven , Somerset County , Maryland ; † 13. August 1882 in Kingston , Maryland) was an American politician of the Democratic Party . He represented the state of Maryland in the US Senate between 1873 and 1879 .

Life

George R. Dennis graduated from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy ( New York ). He then attended the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia . After graduating in 1843, he began practicing medicine in Kingston, Somerset County. Later he worked in agriculture.

Dennis was first politically active in 1854 as a member of the Maryland Senate ; in 1871 he was a member of this parliamentary chamber again. In 1867 he was an MP in the Maryland House of Representatives . Finally, he was elected to the US Senate in Washington in 1872 to succeed George Vickers . There he served a full term from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1879 before returning to Maryland.

Web links

  • George R. Dennis in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Dennis, George R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dennis, George Robertson (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Whitehaven , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1882
Place of death Kingston , Maryland