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  Washington, George Corbin
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NameGeorge Corbin Washington
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, Maryland , United States
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Born August 20, 1789
DiedJuly 17, 1854 (64 years)
ContributorU Ole Polecat
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Dec 02, 2006 10:12am
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Info(grandnephew of George Washington), a Representative from Maryland; born on �Haywood Farms,� near Oak Grove, Westmoreland County, Va., August 20, 1789; attended Harvard University; studied law, but devoted himself to agricultural pursuits on his plantation in Maryland; resided for the most part at Dumbarton Heights, in Georgetown, D.C.; elected to the Twentieth, Twenty-first, and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1827-March 3, 1833); chairman, Committee on District of Columbia (Twenty-second Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1832; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1837); was not a candidate for renomination in 1836; president of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co.; was appointed by President Tyler in 1844 as a commissioner to adjust and settle the claims arising under the treaty of 1835 with the Cherokee Indians

Nominated for Vice President by the Native American National Convention of 1852, but declined.

Died in Georgetown, D.C., July 17, 1854; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.

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