George B. Sloan
George B. Sloan | |
|---|---|
 George B. Sloan (1903) | |
| Member of the New York State Senate | |
| In office 1886–1891 | |
| Constituency | 21st District |
| Member of the New York State Assembly | |
| In office 1874, 1876–1877, 1879 | |
| Constituency | 1st District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | George Beale Sloan June 20, 1831 Oswego, New York |
| Died | July 10, 1904 (aged 73) Oswego, New York |
| Resting place | Riverside Cemetery |
| Occupation | Politician, businessman, banker |
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George Beale Sloan (June 20, 1831 – July 10, 1904) was an American businessman, banker and politician.
Life
[edit]George Beale Sloan was born in Oswego, New York, on June 20, 1831.[1] From 1864 to 1884, he was co-owner of the firm of "Sloan & Irwin, flour commissioners" which held a large number of business interests. From 1884 until his death, he was President of the Second National Bank of Oswego.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Oswego Co., 1st D.) in 1874, 1876, 1877 and 1879, and was Speaker in 1877.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (21st D.) from 1886 to 1891, sitting in the 109th, 110th, 111th, 112th, 113th and 114th New York State Legislatures.[2] He announced his retirement from politics on May 26, 1891.[3]
In 1892, as a member of the Committee of the Detroit Deep Water Ways Convention in Washington, D.C., he gave his adverse opinion on the ruinously high import duty on Canadian barley.[4]
Sloan was a presidential elector in 1896; and a delegate to the 1900 Republican National Convention.[1]
He died in Oswego on July 10, 1904, and was buried at Riverside Cemetery.[5]
His son George Beale Sloan Jr. committed suicide on July 10, 1914 (exactly 10 years after the death of his father), by jumping from a concrete bridge over Rye Lake at Kensico, New York.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hall, Henry, ed. (1896). America's Successful Men of Affairs: An Encyclopedia of Contemporaneous Biography. Vol. II. The New York Tribune Company. pp. 721–723. Retrieved December 8, 2021 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "For the State Senate: George B. Sloan Renominated for a Third Successive Term" (PDF). The New York Times. Watertown, New York. October 4, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ "Senator Sloan's Career" (PDF). The New York Times. Albany. May 27, 1891. p. 3. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ "The Ruinous Barley Duty" (PDF). The New York Times. Washington. February 1, 1892. p. 5. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ "Death List of a Day: George Beale Sloan" (PDF). The New York Times. Oswego, New York. July 11, 1904. p. 7. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ "G. B. Sloan a Suicide" (PDF). The New York Times. July 12, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ "Geo. B. Sloan Left Estate of $1,225,970" (PDF). The New York Times. January 26, 1916. p. 5. Retrieved December 8, 2021.