George Washington Peck

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George Washington Peck

George Washington Peck (born June 4, 1818 in New York City , †  June 30, 1905 in Saginaw , Michigan ) was an American politician . Between 1855 and 1857 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After a good primary education, George Peck studied at Yale College . After a subsequent law degree in New York and his admission as a lawyer in 1842, he began in Brighton (Michigan), where he had since moved to work in this profession. In his new home, Peck embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1846 and 1847 he sat as a member of the House of Representatives from Michigan , whose president he was in 1847, succeeding Isaac E. Crary . When the capital was moved from Michigan to Lansing in 1847 , Peck moved to the city and became its first post holder . From 1848 to 1849, Peck served as Secretary of State, the executive officer of the Michigan state government. During this time he was also active in the newspaper business by purchasing and publishing the newspaper "Lansing Journal". From 1852 to 1855 he was a state printer who ran the Michigan State Printing Company.

In the congressional elections of 1854 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Michigan , where he succeeded Hestor L. Stevens on March 4, 1855 . Since he was defeated by the Republican DeWitt C. Leach in the following elections in 1856 , he was only able to serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1857 . This was shaped by the events leading up to the civil war .

In 1864, George Peck was elected Mayor of Lansing. He then moved to East Saginaw , where he practiced as a lawyer until 1873. He moved to St. Louis , Missouri in 1873 and to Hot Springs , Arkansas in 1880 . Two years later, in 1882, he finally settled in Bismarck ( North Dakota down). George Peck died in Saginaw on June 30, 1905.

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