George P. Ikirt
George Pierce Ikirt | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 18th district | |
In office March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 | |
Preceded by | Joseph D. Taylor |
Succeeded by | Robert W. Tayler |
Personal details | |
Born | Gavers, Ohio, USA | November 3, 1852
Died | February 12, 1927 East Liverpool, Ohio, USA | (aged 74)
Resting place | Riverview Cemetery |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Mary L. Hasson Mary E. Holmes |
Children | six |
Alma mater | Columbus Medical College |
George Pierce Ikirt (November 3, 1852 – February 12, 1927) was an American physician and politician who served one term as a United States representative from Ohio from 1893 to 1895.
Early life and education
[edit]He was born near West Beaver (southeast of Gavers in Wayne Township[1]) in Columbiana County, Ohio. He attended the public schools of New Lisbon, Ohio. He taught school and studied law, but on account of ill health was compelled to abandon both.
Career
[edit]He later attended Columbus Medical College, moved to Cincinnati, and graduated from the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in 1877. He practiced for five years. He later went to New York City in 1882 and was graduated from the Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1883. He then again resumed practice in East Liverpool, Ohio.
Congress
[edit]Ikirt was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1888 to the Fifty-first Congress. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1894.
Later career and death
[edit]He resumed the practice of medicine in East Liverpool, Ohio, and died there. He is buried in Riverview Cemetery.
Family life
[edit]He was married to Mary L. Hasson in 1873. She died in 1876, leaving a son, Frank H. Ikirt.[2] He married Mary E. Holmes in 1880. She had five children.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: George P. Ikirt
- ^ a b Cranmer, Gibson Lamb (1891). History of the upper Ohio Valley. Vol. 2. Madison, Wisconsin: Brant & Fuller. pp. 332, 333.
- United States Congress. "George P. Ikirt (id: I000008)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- George P. Ikirt at Find a Grave
- 1852 births
- 1927 deaths
- People from East Liverpool, Ohio
- 19th-century American legislators
- People from Columbiana County, Ohio
- 19th-century American physicians
- 20th-century American physicians
- Ohio State University College of Medicine alumni
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
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