George Chambers (Pennsylvania)

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George Chambers (February 24, 1786 – March 25, 1866) was a Anti-Masonic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

George Chambers was born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Princeton College in 1804, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1807 and commenced practice in Chambersburg.

Chambers was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses. After his time in Congress, he resumed the practice of law and was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1837. He was appointed a justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on April 12, 1851, which position he held until it was vacated by constitutional provision. He died in Chambersburg in 1866. Interment in Falling Spring Presbyterian Churchyard.

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• George Chambers (Pennsylvania) at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by Robert Allison

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district 1833 - 1837

Succeeded by Daniel Sheffer