Biography

02/07/1859 - 02/28/1908

George Augustus Vare (R1) Philadelphia (Part) County 1897-1908

Early Life: 

George Augustus Vare, born February 7, 1859, Southwark, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, son of Augustus and Abigail Vare; attended public schools; contractor, Vare Brothers; elected, delegate, Republican State Convention, 1889, 1891, 1893, 1895, 1897, 1899, 1901, 1903; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1891-1896, not a candidate for reelection 1896; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1897-1908; married, Clara B. Hunter Ambler, son, John Mirkil Vare; died, February 28, 1908 (aged 49 years), while in office of Senate, typhoid pneumonia after making a speech at the University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interment, West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Member, Republican Ward Committee, member Union Republican Club.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, delegate, Republican State Convention, 1889, 1891, 1893, 1895, 1897, 1899, 1901 and 1903. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1891-1896, not a candidate for reelection 1896. 

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1st district, Philadelphia (Part) County, 1897-1908; defeated incumbent Pennsylvania State Senate Leader, George Handy Smith; committee assignments, Corporations, Insurance, Judicial Appropriations, Judicial Special, Military Affairs, Mines and Mining, Railroads; died, February 28, 1908, in the office of the Senate. 

Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Legacy: 

Brother, Edwin Hornberger Vare, Sr., Pennsylvania State Senate, 1st district, Philadelphia (Part) County, 1909-1922.

Edwin Hornberger Vare Sr. - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

William Scott Vare, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1st district, Philadelphia (Part) County, 1923.

Brother, William Scott Vare  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Fourth cousin, Fletcher Wilbur Stites Pennsylvania State Senate, 12th district, Montgomery County, 1923-1926.

Fletcher Wilbur Stites  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "V"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Cox, Harold. Senate1790-1869 (wilkes.edu). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1905). Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Miller, H.P. (Assistant Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 987, 992-995, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 963.

George Augustus Vare (1859-1908) - Find a Grave Memorial