George Chambers (Pennsylvania politician)

George Chambers (February 24, 1786 – March 25, 1866) was an Anti-Masonic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

George Chambers
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 12th district
In office March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837
Preceded by	Robert Allison
Succeeded by	Daniel Sheffer
Personal details
Born	February 24, 1786 Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Died	March 25, 1866 (aged 80)
Political party	Anti-Masonic

George Chambers was born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Princeton College in 1804, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1807 and commenced practice in Chambersburg.

Chambers was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses. After his time in Congress, he resumed the practice of law and was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1837. He was appointed a justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on April 12, 1851, which position he held until it was vacated by constitutional provision. From 1849 to 1858 he served as a trustee of Lafayette College.[1] He died in Chambersburg in 1866. Interment in Falling Spring Presbyterian Churchyard.

References

1. Skillman, David Bishop (1932). The Biography of a College: Being the History of the First Century of the Life of Lafayette College. Easton, Pennsylvania: Lafayette College.

Sources

• United States Congress. "George Chambers (id: C000283)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard