George W. Ladd
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George Washington Ladd (September 28, 1818 - January 30, 1892) was a U.S. Representative from Maine.
Born in Augusta, Maine, Ladd attended the common schools and Kents Hill Seminary. He engaged in the drug business in Bangor, Maine. Later engaged in the lumber, commission, and wholesale grocery business in Bangor. He was also interested in railroad development.
Ladd was elected as a Greenback candidate to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Forty-sixth Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress. He died in Bangor, Maine, January 30, 1892. He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery.
