George D. Meiklejohn
| George de Rue Meiklejohn | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska's 3rd district |
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In office March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 |
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| Preceded by | Omer Madison Kem |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Maxwell |
| Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska | |
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In office 1889–1891 |
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| Preceded by | Hibbard H. Shedd |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Jefferson Majors |
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August 26, 1857 Weyauwega, Wisconsin |
| Died | April 19, 1929 (aged 71) Los Angeles, California |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh |
| Occupation | lawyer |
George de Rue Meiklejohn (August 26, 1857 – April 19, 1929) was a Nebraska Republican politician who served as the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska under Governor John Milton Thayer and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Nebraska. He was the United States Assistant Secretary of War from 1897 to 1901.
He was born in Weyauwega, Wisconsin on August 26, 1857. He went to the state normal school in Oshkosh, Wisconsin (now University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh). He became a principal of high schools in Weyauwega and Liscomb, Iowa. After graduating from the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1880, he was admitted to the bar and set up practice in Fullerton, Nebraska. He was the prosecuting attorney for Nance County, Nebraska from 1881 to 1884.
In 1884 Meiklejohn was elected a member of the Nebraska State Senate, serving from 1884 to 1888. In 1886, he became President of the Senate, in 1887 the chairman of the Republican State convention, and in 1887 and 1888 chairman of the Republican State central committee. In 1889 he became the Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska and served until 1891. He was elected as a Republican to the 53rd and 54th Congresses (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897), but did not run for re-election in 1896. On April 14, 1897, U.S. President William McKinley appointed him the Assistant Secretary of War and he served through the Spanish–American War until March 1901, when he resigned.
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