| George Leroy Converse | |
| State: | Ohio |
| Constituency: | 9th district (1879-1881) 12th district (1881-1883) 13th district (1883-1885) |
| Term Start: | March 4, 1879 |
| Term End: | March 3, 1885 |
| Preceded: | John S. Jones |
| Succeeded: | Joseph H. Outhwaite |
| State House4: | Ohio |
| District4: | Franklin County |
| Term Start4: | January 2, 1860 |
| Term End4: | January 3, 1864 |
| Preceded4: | H. S. Chaney William R. Rankin |
| Succeeded4: | Otto Dressel John G. Edwards |
| Alongside4: | Benjamin L. Reese Otto Dressel |
| Term Start5: | January 5, 1874 |
| Term End5: | January 6, 1878 |
| Preceded5: | William L. Ross Clark White |
| Succeeded5: | Henry J. Booth Clark White |
| Alongside5: | John H. Heitman John C. Groom |
| State Senate6: | Ohio |
| District6: | 10th |
| Term Start6: | January 4, 1864 |
| Term End6: | December 31, 1865 |
| Preceded6: | Augustus L. Perrill |
| Succeeded6: | A. T. Walling --> |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Birth Date: | 4 June 1827 |
| Birth Place: | Georgesville, Ohio |
| Death Place: | Columbus, Ohio |
| Restingplace: | Green Lawn Cemetery |
| Alma Mater: | Ohio Central College Denison University |
| Signature: | Signature of George Leroy Converse.png |
George Leroy Converse (June 4, 1827 – March 30, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio, representing three different districts from 1879 to 1885.
Born in Georgesville, Ohio, Converse attended the common schools and Ohio Central College, and was graduated from Denison University, Granville, Ohio, in 1849.[1] He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1851 and commenced practice in Columbus, Ohio, in 1852.
He served as prosecuting attorney of Franklin County in 1857.He served as member of the State house of representatives 1860-1863 and 1874–1876 and speaker of the house in 1874.He served as member of the State senate in 1864 and 1865.
Converse was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1885).He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Lands (Forty-sixth Congress).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress.
He resumed the practice of law and served as delegate to the Nicaraguan Canal Convention in 1892, and made chairman of this and the subsequent convention held in New Orleans.
He died in Columbus, Ohio, March 30, 1897.[2] He was interred in Green Lawn Cemetery there.