George Washington Fleeger

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George Washington Fleeger (March 13, 1839–June 25, 1894) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

George W. Fleeger was born in Concord Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and West Sunbury Academy.

He was enlisted in the Union Army on June 10, 1861, as a private in Company C, 11th Pennsylvania Infantry, Pennsylvania Reserves, and was commissioned a first lieutenant in June 1862. He was brevetted captain, and served until March 13, 1865.

He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced practice in Butler. Fleeger served as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives in 1871 and 1872. He was the chairman of the Republican State central committee, and a delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1882 and 1890.

Fleeger was elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Butler, Pennsylvania, and died there in 1894. Interment in the North Cemetery.

[edit] References

• George Washington Fleeger at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-14
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by Samuel H. Miller

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district 1885-1887

Succeeded by Norman Hall