George Z. Erwin
| George Zalmon Erwin | |
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January 15, 1840 Madrid, New York |
| Died | January 16, 1894 (aged 54) Potsdam, New York |
| Education | Middlebury College (1865) |
George Zalmon Erwin (January 15, 1840 – January 16, 1894) was an American politician.
He was born on January 15, 1840 in Madrid, St. Lawrence County, New York.
He was educated at Saint Lawrence Academy at Potsdam, New York. He graduated from Middlebury College in August, 1865. He studied law with the then United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York William A. Dart and Charles O. Tappan, and was admitted to the bar in 1867. He commenced practice in Potsdam, N.Y., and entered into partnership with Samuel B. Gordon in 1868. The same year he married Dart's daughter Caroline (b. 1842), but they had no children. A year later, he succeeded his father-in-law as partner in the law firm of Dart & Tappan, and practiced for ten years under the firm name of Tappan & Erwin. In 1878, Tappan was elected to the New York Supreme Court, and William A. Dart returned to Potsdam, N.Y., and resumed practice in partnership with Erwin under the name of Dart & Erwin.
Erwin was a member of the New York State Assembly (St. Lawrence Co., 3rd D.) in 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886 and 1887. In 1884, allied with Thomas C. Platt, he was a strong candidate for Speaker, but was defeated by Titus Sheard, the candidate of the Warner Miller faction. The following year, the Platt faction was victorious, and Erwin was elected Speaker.
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