George W. Prince

George W. Prince

George Washington Prince (born March 4, 1854 in Tazewell County , Illinois , †  September 26, 1939 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American politician . Between 1895 and 1913 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Prince attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1878 the Knox College in Galesburg . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1880, he began to work in this profession in Galesburg. Between 1881 and 1883 he was a lawyer for this city. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1884 he became its chairman in Knox County . From 1888 to 1892 he was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives . In 1892 he ran unsuccessfully for the office of Attorney General in his home state.

After the death of MP Philip S. Post , Prince was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on December 2, 1895, when the by-election was due for the tenth seat of Illinois . After seven re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1913 . Since 1903 he represented the 15th  electoral district of his state there. During his time as Congressman, the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell . From 1899 to 1901, Prince was chairman of the Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics . Between 1905 and 1909 he chaired the Mississippi Dyke Improvement Committee . He then headed the Committee of Claims from 1909 to 1911 . In 1912 he was not re-elected.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, George Prince moved to Los Angeles, where he practiced as a lawyer until 1917. After that, he retired. He died in Los Angeles on September 26, 1939.

Web links

• George W. Prince in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George W. Prince in the database of Find a Grave (English)