Biography

02/07/1859 - 02/28/1908

VARE, George Augustus, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., February 7, 1859; contractor, Vare Brothers; elected, delegate, Republican State Convention (1889, 1891); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1891, 1893 and 1895 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1896); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1897-1908); died, while in office of the Senate, February 28, 1908 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.