George Van Horn

American politician

George Van Horn

Horn, c. 1901

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 24th district
In office
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
Preceded by| John S. Pindar
Succeeded by| Charles A. Chickering
Personal details
Born| (1850-02-05)February 5, 1850
Otsego, New York, USA
Died| May 3, 1904(1904-05-03) (aged 54)
Cooperstown, New York, USA
Resting place| Lakewood Cemetery, Cooperstown, New York
Political party| Democratic

George Van Horn (February 5, 1850 – May 3, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Otsego, New York, Van Horn attended the common schools, the Cooperstown Seminary, and the New Berlin Academy. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in February 1871 and practiced in Cooperstown, New York.

Van Horn was elected clerk of Otsego County in 1881 and reelected in 1884.

Van Horn was elected supervisor of Otsego and twice reelected. He served as member of the Democratic county committee.

Van Horn was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress. He engaged in banking, and was vice president of the Second National Bank of Cooperstown, New York, until his death there on May 3, 1904. He was interred in Lakewood Cemetery.

## Sources

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* United States Congress. "George Van Horn (id: V000041)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives

Preceded by

John S. Pindar

|  Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 24th congressional district
1891 - 1893  | Succeeded by

Charles A. Chickering

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