| George C. Maxwell | |
| State: | New Jersey |
| District: | At-large |
| Alongside: | Adam Boyd Lewis Condict Jacob Hufty James Morgan Thomas Newbold |
| Term Start: | March 4, 1811 |
| Term End: | March 3, 1813 |
| Successor: | Districts only |
| Office1: | United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey |
| President1: | Thomas Jefferson |
| Term Start1: | 1801 |
| Term End1: | 1803 |
| Predecessor1: | Frederick Frelinghuysen |
| Successor1: | William Sanford Pennington |
| Birth Name: | George Clifford Maxwell |
| Birth Date: | 16 March 1768 |
| Birth Place: | Sussex County, New Jersey, British America |
| Death Place: | Flemington, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Spouse: | Rachel Bryan Maxwell |
| Party: | Democratic-Republican |
| Education: | Princeton University (BA) |
George Clifford Maxwell (March 16, 1768 – May 26, 1835) was a U.S. representative from New Jersey, father of John Patterson Bryan Maxwell. Maxwell's nephew George M. Robeson was United States Secretary of the Navy and also sat in Congress.[1]
Born in Sussex County, New Jersey, Maxwell graduated from Princeton College in 1792. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1797 and practiced in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He was U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1801 to 1803.[2]
Maxwell was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Twelfth Congress (March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813). He resumed the practice of law in Flemington, New Jersey, where he died on March 16, 1816. He was buried in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery in Raritan Township, New Jersey.