George Hastings (American politician)

George Hastings, Congressman from New York

George Seymour Hastings (March 13, 1807 – August 29, 1866) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Hastings was born in Clinton, New York and attended the public schools. He graduated in law in 1826 from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. In 1830 he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York. He served as a district attorney from 1839 to 1848.

Hastings was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855).

Hastings was elected judge of the county court of Livingston County and served from November 1855 until his death in Mount Morris, New York on August 29, 1866. He was interred in the city cemetery.

References

• George Hastings at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• George Hastings at Find a Grave

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