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Preceded by
  
Thomas R. Hudd

Role
  
Politician

Name
  
George Brickner


Political party
  
Democratic

Succeeded by
  
Samuel S. Barney

Party
  
Democratic Party

George H. Brickner

Born
  
January 21, 1834 Ansbach, Bavaria (
1834-01-21
)

Died
  
August 12, 1904, Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, United States

George H. Brickner (January 21, 1834 – August 12, 1904) was a German-born American Democratic politician.

He was born in Ansbach, Bavaria, in what is now Germany. He immigrated to the United States in 1840 with his parents, settling in Seneca County, Ohio. He attended the public schools. He was a merchant in Tiffin, Ohio. He moved to Cascade, Wisconsin in 1855. He owned flour and woolen mills in Wisconsin and operated a glass factory in Tiffin, Ohio. Brickner married Anna Elizabeth Ogle in September 1858. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin for three consecutive terms, which comprised the 51st, 52nd and 53rd United States Congresses. He was elected as the representative of Wisconsin's 5th congressional district and served from March 4, 1889 to March 3, 1895. He died in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin.

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