George W. Kipp Explained

George W. Kipp
State:Pennsylvania
District:14th
Term Start:March 4, 1911
Term End:July 24, 1911
Preceded:Charles C. Pratt
Succeeded:William D.B. Ainey
Term Start2:March 4, 1907
Term End2:March 3, 1909
Preceded2:Mial E. Lilley
Succeeded2:Charles C. Pratt
Birth Date:28 March 1847
Birth Place:Greene Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Death Place:Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Party:Democratic

George Washington Kipp (March 28, 1847July 24, 1911) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Biography

Kipp was born in Greene Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania. He engaged in the lumber business for thirty-five years. He served as a county commissioner of Wayne County, Pennsylvania, in 1880.

Kipp was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1908, as he instead chose to run for Pennsylvania State treasurer, for which he was unsuccessful.

He resumed his former business pursuits until the 1910 congressional election when he was once again elected, serving in the Sixty-second Congress until his death, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery, Towanda, Pennsylvania.

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