Biography

04/08/1766 - 04/14/1819

SUMMERS, George, a Representative from Philadelphia City; born, April 8, 1766 in Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pa.; private, 1^st American Regiment, Zigler’s Company, United States Army (1785-1790); elected, elections Inspector, Philadelphia, Cedar Ward (1801, 1807-1808, 1811-1819); unsuccessful campaign, elections Inspector, Philadelphia (1805, 1806); elected, common council, Philadelphia (1806-1807, 1813); elected, assistant assessor, Philadelphia, Cedar Ward (1807); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democratic-Republican for the 1809-1810 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1810); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania State Senate (1811); unsuccessful campaign, select council, Philadelphia (1816); unsuccessful campaign, commissioner, Philadelphia County (1819); died, April 14, 1819 in Selby, Richland County, Ohio.