George B. Cary

George Booth Cary
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1841  March 4, 1843
Preceded by Francis E. Rives
Succeeded by George Dromgoole
Personal details
Born 1811
Bonny Doon, Courtland, Virginia
Died March 5, 1850 (aged 3839)
Bethlehem, Virginia
Resting place Bonny Doon, Courtland, Virginia
Political party Democratic
Occupation lawyer

George Booth Cary (1811 – March 5, 1850) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Biography

Born at "Bonny Doon," near Courtland, Virginia, Cary received a liberal education. He engaged in planting.

Cary was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843). He resumed agricultural pursuits. He died in Bethlehem, Virginia, March 5, 1850. He was interred in the family cemetery on his estate, "Bonny Doon," near Courtland, Virginia.

1841 election

Cary was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 56.52% of the vote, defeating an Independent identified only as Collier.

Sources

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Francis E. Rives
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 2nd congressional district

1841–1843
Succeeded by
George Dromgoole


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