Biography

06/04/1793 - 05/05/1862

Judge George D. Rahn (D8) Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Schuylkill Counties 1845-1846   

Early Life:

Judge George D. Rahn, born June 4, 1793, Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania; son of Jacob and Elizabeth Schneider Rahn; moved from Kutztown, Berks County to Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County; Schuylkill County Sheriff, 1820-1831; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1824-1828; gubernatorial appointment, Deputy Surveyor, 1828-1831; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1829-1830; gubernatorial appointment, appointed, prothonotary, Schuylkill County, 1834-1838; first president, Farmers Bank of Schuylkill County, 1845; Pennsylvania State Senator, 1845-1846; Chief Burgess, Ashland Borough, Schuylkill County, 1859; gubernatorial appointment, associate judge of Schuylkill County, 1859-1862; married, Mary Magdalena Christ Rahn, 1829, children, Oscar Rahn, Charles Augusta Rahn, Mary Spinney, Jacob Rahn, John Christian Rahn, Matilda Filbert, George Rahn; died, May 5, 1862 (aged 68, 10 months and 28 days), Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; interment, Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Member, Pulaski Lodge No. 216 Free & Accepted Masons, Pottsville.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Schuylkill County Sheriff, 1820-1831.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1824-1828.

Gubernatorial Appointment, Deputy Surveyor, Governor John Andrew Shulze, 1828-1831.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1829-1830.

Gubernatorial Appointment, prothonotary, Schuylkill County, Governor George Wolf, 1834-1838.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senator, 8th district, Carbon, Monroe, Pike and Schuylkill Counties, 1845-1846; vacancy, unexpired term, resignation, Senator Francis Wade Hughes.  

Chief Burgess, Ashland Borough, Schuylkill County, 1859.

Gubernatorial Appointment, associate judge of Schuylkill County, Governor David Rittenhouse Porter, 1859-1862.

Legacy:

Named in his honor, Rahn Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1860.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "R"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Miners' Journal (Pottsville, PA), Saturday May 10, 1862, Page 2.

Judge George D. Rahn (1793-1862) - Find a Grave Memorial