George Franklin Huff
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 22nd district |
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In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911 |
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| Preceded by | John Dalzell |
| Succeeded by | Curtis Hussey Gregg |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's at-large district |
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In office March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 |
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| Preceded by | See below |
| Succeeded by | See below |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 21st district |
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In office March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
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| Preceded by | Samuel Alfred Craig |
| Succeeded by | Daniel B. Heiner |
| Member of the Pennsylvania Senate | |
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In office 1884–1888 |
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July 16, 1842 Norristown, Pennsylvania |
| Died | April 18, 1912 (aged 69) Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Republican |
George Franklin Huff (July 16, 1842 – April 18, 1912) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
George F. Huff was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools in Middletown, Pennsylvania, and later in Altoona, Pennsylvania. At the age of eighteen he worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad car shops in Altoona.
He moved to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in 1867 and engaged in banking in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He later became largely identified with the industrial and mining interests of western Pennsylvania. He was a delegate to the 1880 Republican National Convention. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1884 to 1888.
Huff was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second Congress. He was again elected to the Fifty-fourth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1896.
Huff was again elected to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Mines and Mining during the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1910.
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