George T. Oliver

George T. Oliver (around 1913)

George Tener Oliver (born January 26, 1848 in Dungannon , County Tyrone , later Northern Ireland , † January 22, 1919 in Pittsburgh , Allegheny County , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician . Between 1909 and 1917 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US Senate .

Career

George Oliver was born while visiting his parents in Dungannon, what is now Northern Ireland. The family's residence was Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he attended public schools. He also graduated from Pleasant Hill Academy in West Middletown, Pennsylvania, and then in 1868 from Bethany College in West Virginia . In the meantime he worked as a teacher. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1871, he began working in his new profession in Pittsburgh. He practiced this profession until 1881. He then worked in steel and wire production until 1901. From 1900 he was also active in the newspaper industry. He gave the newspapers Pittsburgh Gazette-Times andPittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph out.

Politically, George Oliver joined the Republican Party . From 1881 to 1884 he was chairman of the Pittsburgh Central Board of Education . In the presidential election of 1884 he was the official Republican elector. In 1904, he turned down Senate nomination to succeed the late Matthew Quay . After the resignation of Philander C. Knox , Oliver was elected as his successor in Congress , where he took up his new mandate on March 17, 1909. After re-election in 1911, he was able to exercise his mandate until March 3, 1917. During this time the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified. It was about the nationwide introduction of income tax and the direct election of US senators. George Oliver has since served on several committees. These included the Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman), the committee that deals with relations with Canada dealt, the craft Committee ( Committee on Manufactures ) and the Committee on Forestry and Fisheries ( Committee on Forest Reservations and Game Protection ).

In 1916, he decided not to run again. After leaving the federal capital Washington, DC , he returned to Pittsburgh, where he spent his old age. He withdrew from the public. He died on January 22, 1919.

Web links

• George T. Oliver in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George T. Oliver in the database of Find a Grave (English)