Biography

11/30/1863 - 01/14/1938

George William Derrick (R36) Bedford, Fulton and Somerset Counties 1923-1926 

Early Life:

George William Derrick, born November 30, 1863, Newport, Perry County, Pennsylvania; son of George and Sarah Burd Derrick; public school education; Bloomfield Academy; Allen’s Business College, Elmira, New York; public school teacher; employed, Huntingdon and Broad Top Railroad, Saxton, Mount Dallas, and Everett, 1884-1904; secretary, chairman, Republican County  Committee, 1895-1898; Republican Pennsylvania State Committee, member, 1897; elected, Republican, prothonotary, clerk of the courts, Perry County, 1905-1908; engaged, cashier, president, Everett Bank, 1904-1938; manager, Newport, Young Men’s Christian Association; manager, Newport Red Cross during World War I; elected, Republican Pennsylvania State Senate, 1923-1926; married, Laura Leader Derrick, 1903 (d. 1915), daughter, Sarah A. Derrick; remarried, Alice Gertrude Fletcher Derrick, 1916; died, January 14, 1938 (aged 74), at home, Everett, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, interment, Everett Cemetery, Everett, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, prothonotary, clerk of the courts, Perry County, 1905-1908.

Elected, Republican Pennsylvania State Senate, 36th district, Bedford, Fulton and Somerset Counties, 1923-1926; committee assignments, Agriculture, Banks and Building Loan Associations, Canals and Inland Navigation, Education, Federal Relations (Chairman), Game and Fisheries, Legislative Apportionment, Library, Pensions and Gratuities, Public Printing, Railroads. 

Cited:

Cox, Harold.  "House Members D". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1923-1924). Whitmore, R.E., (Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 983, 988, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 962.

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