George Tisdale Hodges
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George Tisdale Hodges was a U.S. Representative
from Vermont
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Born in Clarendon, Vermont
, Hodges attended the common schools.
He engaged in business in Rutland, Vermont.
He served as member of the State house of representatives 1827-1829, 1839, and 1840.
He served in the State senate 1845-1847 and was president pro tempore of that body in 1846 and 1847.
He served as presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1848.
He served as president of the Bank of Rutland for over twenty-five years.
Hodges was elected as a Republican
to the Thirty-fourth
Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Meacham
and served from December 1, 1856, to March 3, 1857.
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1856.
He died in Rutland, Vermont, August 9, 1860.
He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
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Born in Clarendon, Vermont
Clarendon, Vermont
Clarendon is a town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,571 at the 2010 census. Clarendon spans U.S. Route 7 and is split by the highway, the Cold River and Mill River, Otter Creek, and the Green Mountains into the villages of Clarendon, West Clarendon, East Clarendon,...
, Hodges attended the common schools.
He engaged in business in Rutland, Vermont.
He served as member of the State house of representatives 1827-1829, 1839, and 1840.
He served in the State senate 1845-1847 and was president pro tempore of that body in 1846 and 1847.
He served as presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1848.
He served as president of the Bank of Rutland for over twenty-five years.
Hodges was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
to the Thirty-fourth
34th United States Congress
The Thirty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1855 to March 4, 1857, during the last two years...
Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Meacham
James Meacham
James Meacham was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Rutland, Vermont. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1832 and taught in the seminary at Castleton, Vermont. In addition, he attended the local academy at St. Albans, Vermont and attended Andover Theological...
and served from December 1, 1856, to March 3, 1857.
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1856.
He died in Rutland, Vermont, August 9, 1860.
He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.