George A. Halsey

Infobox Congressman
name = George Armstrong Halsey

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state = New Jersey
district = 5th
party = Republican
term = March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869
preceded = Edwin R. V. Wright
succeeded = Orestes Cleveland
term2 = March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
preceded2 = Orestes Cleveland
succeeded2 = William Walter Phelps
date of birth = December 7, 1827
place of birth = Springfield, New Jersey, USA
date of death = April 1, 1894
place of death = Newark, New Jersey, USA
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profession = Politician, Leather Manufacturer
religion =
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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 ushr|New Jersey|5.

Born in Springfield, 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

* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/halsey.html#R9M0IZ6RX George Armstrong Halsey] at The Political Graveyard
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6940390 George A. Halsey] at Find A Grave