Biography

01/28/1888 - 04/22/1956

STEWART, George Hamill, Jr., a Representative from Cumberland County; born in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pa., January 28, 1888; attended, Mercersburg Academy; attended, Washington and Jefferson College; attended, Princeton University; second lieutenant, 446th Depot Detachment, Engineer Corps, United States Army (World War I); second lieutenant, Deputy Director General of Transportation and 19th Regiment of Engineers and 84th Company, Railway Transportation Corps (World War I); employed in grain business (6 years); employed as an executive secretary and bank director; elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1920; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House in the 1922 General election; president, Valley National Bank (1927-1956); died, April 22, 1956 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; interred, Spring Hill Cemetery, Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.