George Cochrane Hazelton

George Hazelton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 3rd district
In office March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883
Preceded by	Henry S. Magoon
Succeeded by	Burr W. Jones
Personal details
Born	January 3, 1832 Chester, New Hampshire
Died	September 4, 1922(1922-09-04) (aged 90) Chester, New Hampshire
Political party	Republican

George Cochrane Hazelton (January 3, 1832 – September 4, 1922) was a United States Representative from Wisconsin. Born in Chester, New Hampshire, he attended the district schools and prepared for college at Pinkerton Academy in New Hampshire and Dummer Academy in Massachusetts. Hazelton studied at Union College in Schenectady, New York in 1858 where he studied law. He was admitted to the bar at Malone, New York after he graduated. Hazelton then settled at Boscobel, Wisconsin where he became prosecuting attorney of Grant County. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in 1867 and was reelected in 1869 and served as president pro tempore. In 1877, he was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, and Forty-seventh Congresses representing Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district. He became an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1882. He settled in Washington, D.C. where he practiced law as attorney for the District of Columbia during the Harrison administration. Hazelton died in Chester, New Hampshire in 1922. His brother, Gerry Whiting Hazelton, was also a representative from Wisconsin.

External links

• George Cochrane Hazelton at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Henry Sterling Magoon	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district 1877-1883	Succeeded by Burr W. Jones