George R. Dennis
George Robertson Dennis | |
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United States Senator from Maryland | |
In office March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1879 | |
Preceded by | George Vickers |
Succeeded by | James B. Groome |
Member of the Maryland Senate | |
In office 1867 | |
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates | |
In office 1854 1871 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Whitehaven, Maryland | April 8, 1822
Died | August 13, 1882 Kingston, Maryland | (aged 60)
Political party | Democratic |
George Robertson Dennis (April 8, 1822 – August 13, 1882), a Democrat, was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1873-1879. He also served in the Maryland State Senate and the Maryland House of Delegates.
Dennis was born in Whitehaven, Maryland, and graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. He entered the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, and studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in Philadelphia. He graduated in 1843 and practiced in Kingston, Maryland for many years, until later devoting himself to agricultural pursuits.
In 1854 and 1871, Dennis served as a member of the Maryland State Senate, and in 1867 served in the Maryland House of Delegates. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1873, until March 3, 1879. He died in Kingston in 1882, and is interred in St. Andrew’s Churchyard of Princess Anne, Maryland.
References
- United States Congress. "George R. Dennis (id: D000242)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- 1822 births
- 1882 deaths
- Maryland state senators
- Members of the Maryland House of Delegates
- United States Senators from Maryland
- Maryland Democrats
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni
- People from Wicomico County, Maryland
- Democratic Party United States Senators
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni
- 19th-century American politicians