Biography

11/28/1876 - 01/03/1940

O’BRIEN, George F., a Representative from Luzerne County; born in Pittston, Luzerne County, Pa., November 28, 1876; graduated, Pittston High School, 1894; attended, The Pennsylvania State (University) College; graduated, University of Pennsylvania, 1900; served, Pennsylvania National Guard (3 years); lawyer; elected, solicitor, Pittston (1901-1904); attorney, Duryea Borough (2 terms); attorney, Pittston Township (4 terms); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1905 and 1907 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1908); died, January 3, 1940 in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.