George Watkins (politician)

George Watkins (1969)

George Robert Watkins (born May 21, 1902 in Hampton , Virginia , †  August 7, 1970 in West Chester , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician . Between 1965 and 1970 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Watkins attended public schools in his home country and then worked as a ship fitter . In 1920 he came to Chester , Pennsylvania, where he founded Chester Stevedoring Co , which he sold in 1931. In 1932, he and a partner founded the shipping company Blue Line Transfer Co , which operated trucks throughout the eastern United States. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . From 1945 to 1948 he was a sheriff in Delaware County . Between 1949 and 1960 he was a member of the Pennsylvania Senate . He also ran a farm in Delaware County and raised racehorses.

In the 1964 congressional election , Watkins was elected to the 7th constituency of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded William H. Milliken on January 3, 1965 . After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on August 7, 1970 . Since 1967 he represented the ninth district of his state there. His time as a congressman was marked by the events of the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement .

Web links

• George Watkins in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
William H. Milliken	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (7th constituency) January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1967	Lawrence G. Williams
Paul B. Dague	United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (9th constituency) January 3, 1967 - August 7, 1970	John H. Ware