George Holcombe (March 1786 – January 14, 1828) was an American physician and politician who served as aUnited States representative fromNew Jersey.
Born in what was thenAmwell Township (now in part ofLambertville inHunterdon County, New Jersey) he completed preparatory studies and graduated fromPrinceton College in 1805.
He attended the medical department of theUniversity of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia and later studied medicine inTrenton.
Holcombe was granted a license by theMedical Society of New Jersey and practiced medicine inAllentown from 1808 to 1815.
Holcombe held several local offices and was a member of theNew Jersey General Assembly in 1815 and 1816.
He was elected asDemocratic-Republican to the Seventeenth Congress, elected as aJacksonian Democratic-Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses, and held office from March 4, 1821, until his death.
He died in Allentown on January 14, 1828. Holcombe's remains were interred in theCongressional Cemetery.
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