George Wolf

George Wolf
Portrait of Wolf now housed at the Library of Congress
7th Governor of Pennsylvania
In office
December 15, 1829 – December 15, 1835
Preceded byJohn Andrew Shulze
Succeeded byJoseph Ritner
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 8th district
In office
1824–1829
Preceded byThomas J. Rogers,
Samuel D. Ingham
Succeeded byPeter Ihrie, Jr.,
Samuel A. Smith
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1814
Personal details
Born(1777-08-12)August 12, 1777
Allen Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedMarch 11, 1840(1840-03-11) (aged 62)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting placeHarrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMary Erb (1798–1833; her death)
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George Wolf (August 12, 1777 – March 11, 1840) was the seventh governor of Pennsylvania from 1829 to 1835.[1] On June 29, 1888, he was recognized as the "father of the public-school system" in Pennsylvania by the erection of a memorial gateway at Easton.[2]

  1. ^ "The Governors of Pennsylvania." Mount Union, Pennsylvania: The Mount Union Times, January 27, 1911, p. 1 (subscription required).
  2. ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainWilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1889). "Wolf, George" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.

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