George Washington Covington

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George Washington Covington (born September 12, 1838 in Berlin , Maryland , †  April 6, 1911 in New York City ) was an American politician . Between 1881 and 1885 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Covington attended public schools in his home country as well as Buckingham Academy . After completing a law degree at Harvard University and being admitted to the bar in 1861, he began to work in this profession in his native Berlin. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party . In 1867 he was a member of a convention aimed at revising the Maryland Constitution.

In the congressional election of 1880 Covington was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Maryland , where he succeeded Daniel Maynadier Henry on March 4, 1881 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1885 . From 1883 he was chairman of the Committee on Accounts . In 1884 Covington declined to run again. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. He died in New York on April 6, 1911.

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SURNAME Covington, George Washington
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Covington, George W.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1838
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1911
Place of death New York City