George Sweeny
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Biography
Born near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Sweeny was a graduate of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. A lawyer, he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Gettysburg in 1820, moving to Bucyrus, Ohio, in 1830.
He served as prosecuting attorney of Crawford County in 1838.
Congress
Sweeny was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1842.
Later career and death
He returned to the practice of law in Ohio, including another term as prosecutor in Crawford County.
He died in Bucyrus, Ohio, October 10, 1877.
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- 1796 births
- 1877 deaths
- Politicians from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- People from Bucyrus, Ohio
- Dickinson College alumni
- County district attorneys in Ohio
- Ohio lawyers
- 19th-century American lawyers
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
- 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives