George Augustus Bagley | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 22nd district |
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In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 |
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Preceded by | Ellis H. Roberts |
Succeeded by | Warner Miller |
Personal details | |
Born |
July 22, 1826 Watertown, Jefferson County, New York |
Died |
May 12, 1915 (aged 88) Watertown, Jefferson County, New York |
Citizenship | United States |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Sabine Pauline Bagley |
Children |
George Bagley Ambrose C. Bagley Pauline Sabine Bagley Madeleine Bagley |
Profession |
lawyer iron manufacturer |
George Bagley Ambrose C. Bagley
Pauline Sabine Bagley
lawyer
George Augustus Bagley (July 22, 1826 – May 12, 1915) was an American politician and a United States Representative from New York.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson County, Bagley received an academic training, studied law, was admitted to the bar in New York in 1847 and commenced practice in Watertown. He married Sabine Pauline and they had five children, one of whom died in infancy. The four surviving children were George, Ambrose C., Pauline Sabine, and Madeleine.
Bagley continued the practice of his profession in Watertown until his retirement in 1853 to engage in the manufacture of iron. He was president of the village of Watertown in 1866, and town supervisor from 1865 to 1868.
Elected as a Republican, Bagley was U.S. Representative for the twenty-second district of New York to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses. He was in office from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1879. He resumed the manufacture of iron and in 1915.
Bagley died in Watertown, Jefferson County, New York, on May 12, 1915 (age 88 years, 294 days). He is interred at Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, New York.