George Kremer

George Kremer

George Kremer

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Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1812-1813 Representative Democratic-Republican
1813-1814 Representative Republican
Counties Columbia, Northumberland, Union

Biography

11/21/1775 - 09/11/1854


Northumberland County (1812-1813), Columbia, Northumberland and Union Counties (1813-1814)

KREMER, George, a Representative from Columbia, Northumberland and Union Counties; born, November 21, 1775 in Middletown, Dauphin County, Pa.; store clerk (1792-1827); lawyer; elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1812-1813 term; reelected to the House as a Republican for the 1813-1814 term; unsuccessful campaign, United States Congress (1816); elected, United States Congress (1823-1829); unsuccessful campaign, United States Senate (1825); died, September 11, 1854 in Middleburg, Union County (now Snyder County), Pennsylvania; interred, Glendale Cemetery, Middleburg, Snyder County, Pennsylvania. 

 

Bibliography

Russ, William A., Jr. “The Political Ideas of George Kremer.” Pennsylvania History vol. 7, no. 4, October 1940, p. 201-212. 

Congressional Biography

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