George M. Wertz

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George M. Wertz (July 19, 1856–November 19, 1928) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

George M. Wertz was born near Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools, Ebensburg Academy, and the National Normal School in Lebanon, Ohio. He taught school from 1876 to 1884, and was a school director from 1886 to 1894. He was county commissioner from 1893 to 1896; sheriff of Cambria County, Pennsylvania from 1897 to 1901. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1908 to 1912, serving as president pro tempore in 1911 and 1912. He organized and directed the Johnstown Daily Leader from 1911 to 1917. He was comptroller of Cambria County from 1914 to 1916.

Wertz was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1924. He was engaged in the real estate business until his death in Johnstown. Interment in Grand View Cemetery.

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• George M. Wertz at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by Edward S. Brooks

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district 1923 - 1925

Succeeded by Anderson H. Walters