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George Bliss (Congressman)

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George Bliss, (January 1, 1813 - October 24, 1868) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. Bliss was born in Jericho, Vermont. He attended Granville College; he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1841. He commenced practice in Akron, Ohio. In 1850 he was appointed the presiding judge of the eighth judicial district and continued in that rôle until the office was discontinued after a constitutional change. He was elected to the thirty-third Congress (4 March, 18533 March, 1855) as a Democrat. Bliss subsequently withdrew his nomination for re-election. He continued practising law in Wooster, Ohio. Bliss was elected to the thirty-eighth congress (4 March, 18633 March, 1865) and was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1864. He was a delegate to the Union National Convention at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1866. George Bliss died in Wooster, Ohio on 24 October, 1868 and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.

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