George Darsie (Whig19) Allegheny and Butler Counties 1842-1843 (Whig24) Allegheny and Butler Counties 1842-1850 (Whig22) Allegheny and Butler Counties 1853-1855
Early Life:
George Darsie, born August 25, 1800, Anstruther, Fife, Scotland; son of James and Nancy (Smith) Darsie; attorney; carpentry, cabinet maker, lumber business; attorney, clerk and prothonotary, Allegheny Court of Common Pleas; married, Nancy, 1831, (d. 1834), daughter, Nancy Hazleton Darsie; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1836-1837; elected, Whig, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1840-1841; elected, Pennsylvania Canal Commissioner, 1842; elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1842-1850, elected, Senate Speaker 1848-1849; elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1853-1855; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania Canal Commissioner, 1854; director, treasurer, Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad; president, Western Insurance Company; died, March 3, 1883, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interment, Union Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Early Career:
Carpentry, cabinet maker, lumber business; attorney, did not join the bar, clerk, prothonotary, Allegheny Court of Common Pleas; organizer, Western Pennsylvania Historical Society, 1834; director, treasurer, Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad (later the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railroad); 1856-1860; president, Western Insurance Company; member, Allegheny Fire Company.
Pennsylvania Politics:
Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1836-1837.
Elected, Whig, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1840-1841.
Elected, Pennsylvania Canal Commissioner, 1842.
Elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 19th district, Allegheny and Butler Counties, 1842-1843; elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 24th district, Allegheny and Butler Counties, 1844-1850, Private Claims for Damages (Chairman), Finance (Chairman) Committees; elected, Senate Speaker, 1848-1849, left office due to redistricting, 1850.
Elected, Whig, Pennsylvania State Senate, 22nd district, Allegheny County, 1853-1855; cosponsored, Senate bill Number 135, incorporating, Farmer’s High School, Centre County, now known as Pennsylvania State University, 1855.
Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania Canal Commissioner, 1854.
Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:
Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)
Legacy:
Daughter, Nancy Hazleton Darsie, married, Pennsylvania State Senator George Holmes Anderson, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 1871-1876; Pennsylvania State Senate Speaker, 1873.
George Holmes Anderson - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)
Cited:
Cox, Harold. "Senate Members D". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
Historical Society Notes and Footnotes: Contributions by Pittsburgh Scholars to the Dictionary of American History. Alfred P. James and Robert D. Christie. 1957. Retrieved from
View of Historical Society Notes and Footnotes | Western Pennsylvania History: 1918 - 2020 (psu.edu)
The Pittsburgh Daily Commercial, March 4, 1865, pg. 1.
Recollections of Early Times on the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad, Thomas L. Rodgers. 1920. Retrieved from View of Recollections of Early Times on the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad | Western Pennsylvania History: 1918 - 2020 (psu.edu)
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Origins: The Land-Grant Vision | Penn State University Libraries (psu.edu)
Act to Incorporate the Farmer's High School | Penn State University Libraries (psu.edu)
George Darsie (1800-1883) - Find a Grave Memorial