George Nicholas Eckert
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George Nicholas Eckert (July 4, 1802 - June 28, 1865) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
George N. Eckert was born in Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1824 and commenced practice in Reading, Pennsylvania. He was one of the organizers of Berks County Medical Society in 1824. He moved to Pine Grove, Pennsylvania, and engaged in the coal and iron trade.
Eckert was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress. He was appointed Director of the United States Mint at Philadelphia by President Millard Fillmore and served from June 1851 to June 6, 1853. He died in Philadelphia in 1865. Interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- George Nicholas Eckert at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- The Political Graveyard
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| Preceded by Alexander Ramsey |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district 1847 - 1849 |
Succeeded by Charles W. Pitman |
| Preceded by Robert M. Patterson |
7th Director of the United States Mint 1851-1853 |
Succeeded by Thomas Pettit |
