Member Biography

George T. Seltzer 

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Sessions Office Position District Party
1826-1827       8 Democrat
1827-1828       8 Democrat
1828-1829       8 Democrat
1829-1830       8 Democrat

COUNTIES: Lebanon, Dauphin  


Biography

10/16/1782 - 02/19/1840


George T. Seltzer (D8) Dauphin and Lebanon Counties 1826-1830

Early Life:

George T. Seltzer, born October 16, 1782, Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Army, War of 1812; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1818-1819; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1822-1824; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1826-1830; engaged, land speculation; delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 1837-1838; son, Samuel Zimernon Seltzer; died, February 19, 1840, Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; interment, Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Jonestown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; re-interred in 1960s -no tombstone.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1818-1819.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1822-1824.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 8th district, Dauphin and Lebanon Counties, 1826-1830.

Delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 1837-1838.

Cited:

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/7373090/person/302118741710/facts?_phsrc=FRM71&_phstart=successSource

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12228016/george-seltzer