George M. Wallhauser

Who was George M. Wallhauser?

George Marvin Wallhauser was an American Republican Party politician. He served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey's 12th Congressional District from 1959-1965.

Wallhauser was born in Newark, New Jersey, where he attended public schools and graduated from Barringer High School in 1918. He entered the United States Navy the same year and served as a hospital corpsman in the Naval Reserve until 1922. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with an A.B. in 1922, where he had been a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. Wallhauser was associated with the United States Realty and Investment Company, Newark, New Jersey, for 62 years, joining the company in 1927 and retiring as senior vice president and member of the board in 1989. He was elected as a Republican to the 86th Congress in 1958, succeeding Rep. Robert W. Kean, and took office the following year. He was reelected twice, in 1960 and 1962, against Democrat Robert R. Peacock. He served as a member of the 87th and 88th Congresses until 1965 when he did not seek reelection. A member of the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, he championed federal pay raises and improvements for postal workers.