George W. Weymouth
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George Warren Weymouth | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1901 | |
| Preceded by | Lewis D. Apsley |
| Succeeded by | Charles Q. Tirrell |
| Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office 1896 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 25, 1850 West Amesbury (now Merrimac), Massachusetts |
| Died | September 7, 1910 (aged 60) Bingham, Maine |
| Political party | Republican |
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George Warren Weymouth (August 25, 1850 – September 7, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Early life
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Born in West Amesbury (now Merrimac), Massachusetts, Weymouth attended the public schools and the Merrimac High School.[1] He moved to Fitchburg in 1882 and engaged in the carriage business. He later became manager of the Simonds Rolling Machine Co.
Career
[edit]Weymouth was trustee of the Fitchburg Savings Bank from 1891 to 1901 and director of the Fitchburg National Bank from 1892 to 1901. He was also a director in other corporations. He served as member of the common council of Fitchburg in 1886 and in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1896. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1896.
Weymouth was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1900.
Later life and death
[edit]Following his time in Washington, he moved to Fairhaven, Massachusetts, where he served as president of the Atlas Tack Corp. from 1897 to 1910. Weymouth died in an automobile accident near Bingham, Maine, on September 7, 1910.[2] He was interred in Riverside Cemetery in Fairhaven.
References
[edit]- ^ Bacon, Edwin M., ed. (1896). Men of Progress: One Thousand Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston: The New England Magazine. pp. 271–272. Retrieved January 12, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Was an Ex-Congressman". The Boston Globe. Fairhaven. September 8, 1910. p. 9. Retrieved January 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- United States Congress. "George W. Weymouth (id: W000316)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- 1850 births
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- Republican Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
- People from Merrimac, Massachusetts
- Road incident deaths in Maine
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
- People from Fairhaven, Massachusetts
- 19th-century American legislators
- 19th-century Massachusetts politicians