Preceded by Francis E. Rives Name George Cary Succeeded by George Dromgoole Role U.S. representative | Political party Democratic Party Democratic Party Occupation lawyer | |
Resting place Bonny Doon, Courtland, Virginia Died March 5, 1850, Bethlehem, West Virginia, United States | ||
George Booth Cary (1811 – March 5, 1850) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.
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Biography
Born at "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 resumed agricultural pursuits. He died in Bethlehem, Virginia, March 5, 1850. He was interred in the family cemetery on his estate, "Bonny Doon," near Courtland, Virginia.
1841 election
Cary was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 56.52% of the vote, defeating an Independent identified only as Collier.
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