Biography

01/24/1862 - 04/06/1930

HARTMAN, George J., a Representative from Luzerne County; born in Millersburg, Dauphin County, January 24, 1862; clerk, freight department, Pennsylvania Railroad (1880-1888); clerk, coal department, Pennsylvania Railroad (1889-1895); anthracite region representative, Philadelphia mercantile house (1895-1899); partner, Hartman & Warbrick insurance agency (1899-1930); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1901 and 1903 terms; appointed, member, Pennsylvania delegate, Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission (1903-1904); not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1905 term; gubernatorial appointee, Public Safety Committee, United States Department of Defense, Wilkes-Barre representative (1917-1918); unsuccessful campaign, treasurer, Wilkes-Barre (1919); died, April 6, 1930 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.