George A. Halsey

George Armstrong Halsey


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 5th district
In office March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869
Preceded by	Edwin R. V. Wright
Succeeded by	Orestes Cleveland
In office March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
Preceded by	Orestes Cleveland
Succeeded by	William Walter Phelps
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
In office 1861-1862
Personal details
Born	December 7, 1827 Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Died	April 1, 1894 (aged 66) Newark, New Jersey, USA
Political party	Republican
Profession	Politician, Leather Manufacturer

George Armstrong Halsey (December 7, 1827 – April 1, 1894) was an American Republican Party politician and leather manufacturer from New Jersey, who served two non-consecutive terms representing New Jersey's 5th congressional district.

Born in Springfield Township, New Jersey, Halsey attended local schools as a child and later Springfield Academy. He engaged in manufacturing leather in Newark, New Jersey in 1844 and later in the wholesale clothing business. He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1861 and 1862, was United States assessor of internal revenue from 1862 to 1866 and resumed the leather business in 1866.

Halsey was elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1866, serving from 1867 to 1869, being unsuccessful for reelection in 1868. He was later elected back in 1870, serving again from 1871 to 1873, not being a candidate for renomination in 1872. There, he served as chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds from 1871 to 1873.

Afterwards, he resumed former manufacturing pursuits and was president of and insurance company. Halsey died in Newark, New Jersey on April 1, 1894 and was interred in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Newark.

External links

United States Congress. "George A. Halsey (id: H000087)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
George Armstrong Halsey at The Political Graveyard
George A. Halsey at Find A Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Edwin R. V. Wright	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 5th congressional district March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	Succeeded by Orestes Cleveland
Preceded by Orestes Cleveland	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 5th congressional district March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	Succeeded by William W. Phelps
Party political offices
Preceded by Cornelius Walsh	Republican Nominee for Governor of New Jersey 1874	Succeeded by William A. Newell

Chairmen of the United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Public Buildings and Grounds (1837–1947)	Towns Petrikin Boardman Pratt Ficklin Faran Houston Bowdon Stanton Craige Ball Keitt Train Rice Covode Hopkins Beatty Halsey Platt Holman Cook Shallenberger Stockslager Dibble Milliken Bankhead Milliken Mercer Gillet Bartholdt Sheppard Clark Langley Elliott Lanham

Rivers and Harbors (1883–1947)	Willis Blanchard Henderson Blanchard Catchings Hooker Cooper Burton Alexander Sparkman Small Kennedy Dempsey Mansfield

Roads (1913–1947)	Shackleford Dunn Dowell Almon Cartwright Robinson

Flood Control (1916–1947)	Humphreys Rodenberg Schall Reid Wilson Whittington

Transportation and Infrastructure* (1947–)	Dondero Whittington Buckley Dondero Buckley Fallon Blatnik Jones Johnson Howard Anderson Roe Mineta E. Shuster Young Oberstar Mica W. Shuster

Notes	^Alternately named Public Works* and Public Works and Transportation.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 40867879 LCCN: n86145359 US Congress: H000087

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