George M. Keim | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's9th district | |
| In office March 17, 1838 – March 3, 1843 | |
| Preceded by | Henry A. P. Muhlenberg |
| Succeeded by | John Ritter |
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| Born | George May Keon (1805-03-23)March 23, 1805 Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | June 10, 1861(1861-06-10) (aged 56) Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Resting place | Charles Evans Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Relatives | William High Keim (nephew) |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
George May Keim (March 23, 1805 – June 10, 1861) was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician who for three terms was aDemocratic member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania from 1838 to 1843.
George May Keim (uncle ofWilliam High Keim) was born inReading, Pennsylvania. He attendedPrinceton College, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1826 and commenced practice in Reading.
He was a major general of militia and also served as a delegate to the State constitutional convention of 1837 and 1838.
Keim was elected as a Democrat to theTwenty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofHenry A. P. Muhlenberg. He was reelected to theTwenty-sixth andTwenty-seventh Congresses. He was the chairman of the United States House Committee on Militia during the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses.
He was appointed by PresidentJohn Tyler asUnited States marshal for theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on December 18, 1843. He was reappointed by PresidentJames K. Polk on January 3, 1848, and served until 1850.
He was mayor of Reading in 1852, and was a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket ofStephen A. Douglas andHerschel V. Johnson in1860.
He died in Reading in 1861. Interment Reading'sCharles Evans Cemetery.
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