George Booth Cary | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 2nd district |
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In office March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843 |
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Preceded by | Francis E. Rives |
Succeeded by | George Dromgoole |
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Born | 1811 Bonny Doon, Courtland, Virginia |
Died | March 5, 1850 (aged 38–39) Bethlehem, Virginia |
Resting place | Bonny Doon, Courtland, Virginia |
Political party | Democratic |
Occupation | lawyer |
George Booth Cary (1811 – March 5, 1850) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.
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.
Cary was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 56.52% of the vote, defeating an Independent identified only as Collier.