George Baer Jr. Explained

George Baer Jr.
Office1:Mayor of Frederick
State2:Maryland
District2:4th
Term Start2:March 4, 1797
Term End2:March 3, 1801
Predecessor2:Thomas Sprigg
Successor2:Daniel Hiester
Term Start3:March 4, 1815
Term End3:March 3, 1817
Predecessor3:Samuel Ringgold
Successor3:Samuel Ringgold
Office4:Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
Term Start4:1794
Term End4:1794
Term Start5:1808
Term End5:1809
Party:Federalist
Birth Place:Frederick, Province of Maryland, British America
Death Place:Frederick, Maryland, U.S.
Resting Place:Mount Olivet Cemetery

George Baer Jr. (1763 – April 3, 1834) was a United States Representative from the fourth district of Maryland, serving from 1797 to 1801 and from 1815 to 1817. He was a slave owner.

Early life

George Baer Jr. was born in 1763 in Frederick, Maryland. He attended common schools.[1]

Career

Baer engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1794 and from 1808 to 1809. He was elected as a Federalist to the Fifth and Sixth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1797, to March 3, 1801.[1]

Baer was a judge of the orphans’ court of Frederick County in 1813. He was elected as a Federalist to the Fourteenth Congress, serving from March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1817, afterwards resuming his former mercantile pursuits. He was mayor of Frederick in 1820.[1]

Personal life

Baer died in Frederick on April 3, 1834. He was interred in Mount Olivet Cemetery.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Baer, George Jr. . . 2024-03-03.