George Wolf

George Wolf (12 August 1777 - 11 March 1840) was the governor of Pennsylvania from 1829 to 1835.

Wolf was born in Allen Township, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1799 and commenced practice in Easton, Pennsylvania. He served as postmaster of Easton in 1802 and 1803. He was clerk of the orphans’ court of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, from 1803 to 1809. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1814.

United States House of Representatives

Wolf was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1824 to the Eighteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas J. Rogers. He was reelected to the Nineteenth, Twentieth, and Twenty-first Congresses.

Governor of Pennsylvania

As member of the Jacksonian Democratic Party, Wolf defeated Joseph Ritner in both 1829 and 1832 to become the Governor of Pennsylvania. He lost the governor's seat to the Anti-Mason candidate Ritner in 1835. In 1836 Andrew Jackson appointed him as First Comptroller of the Treasury. Two years later President Martin Van Buren appointed him as Collector of Customs for the District of Philadelphia in a job swap with James N. Barker.

Wolf Hall on the campus of Penn State University is named for George Wolf.
Wolf Township in Lycoming County is also named for Mr. Wolf.

ources

*Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Biography [http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/governors/wolf.asp?secid=31]
*CongBio|W000673
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wolf.html The Political Graveyard]