George Anson Starkweather

Who was George Anson Starkweather?

George Anson Starkweather was a United States Representative from New York, his eldest son being John Converse Starkweather. He is not to be confused with his son, George Anson Starkweather, who was a Colonel in the New York 12th Regiment of Artillery, nor his Nephew, George Anson Starkweather, of Plymouth, Michigan, nor his third cousin once removed George Anson Starkweather, a lawyer and merchant in Waymart, Pennsylvania, who studied law under Andrew Reader. There were several other George Anson Starkweathers, all distantly related and living in the same time period.

Born in Preston, Connecticut, he attended the common schools and was graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York in 1819. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced in Cooperstown, New York. He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1849. He again resumed the practice of his profession in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from 1853 to 1868; in 1879 he died in Cooperstown. Interment was in Lakewood Cemetery.