George Oscar Rathbun (1803 - January 5, 1870) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Scipioville, near Auburn, New York, Rathbun attended the Auburn schools and was graduated from Hamilton College. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Auburn. He served as member of the State assembly.
Rathbun was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847). He served as chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions (Twenty-eighth Congress), Committee on the Judiciary (Twenty-ninth Congress). He resumed the practice of his profession. He died in Auburn, New York, January 5, 1870. He was interred in Fort Hill Cemetery.
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York ? – ? |
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