George Washington Kipp

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George Washington Kipp (March 28, 1847 – July 24, 1911) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Kipp was born in Green Township, Pennsylvania. He engaged in the lumber business for thirty-five years. He served as county commissioner of Wayne County, Pennsylvania, in 1880.

Kipp was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1908, being an unsuccessful candidate for State treasurer.

He resumed his former business pursuits, and was elected to the Sixty-second Congress and served until his death, before Congress assembled, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery, Towanda, Pennsylvania.

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• George W. Kipp at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by Mial E. Lilley	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district 1907 - 1909	Succeeded by Charles C. Pratt
Preceded by Charles C. Pratt	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district 1911	Succeeded by William D.B. Ainey