George B. Cary

George Booth Cary
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843
Preceded byFrancis E. Rives
Succeeded byGeorge Dromgoole
Personal details
Born1811
Bonny Doon, Courtland, Virginia
DiedMarch 5, 1850 (aged 38–39)
Bethlehem, Virginia
Resting placeBonny Doon, Courtland, Virginia
Political partyDemocratic
Occupationlawyer

George Booth Cary (1811 – March 5, 1850) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Biography

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Born at his family estate, Bonny Doon, near Courtland, Virginia, Cary received a liberal education. He engaged in planting.

Cary was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843). He then resumed his agricultural pursuits. He died in Bethlehem, Virginia, March 5, 1850, and was interred in the family cemetery on Bonny Doon.

1841 election

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Cary was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 56.52% of the vote, defeating an Independent identified only as Collier.

Sources

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  • United States Congress. "George B. Cary (id: C000213)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 2nd congressional district

1841–1843
Succeeded by