George OUTLAW, Congress, NC (1825)

1825

OUTLAW, George, (cousin of David Outlaw), a Representative from North Carolina; born near Windsor, Bertie County, N.C., birth date unknown; educated by private teachers and in the common schools; engaged in agricultural and mercantile pursuits; member of the state house of commons, 1796-1797; served in the state senate, 1802, 1806-1808, 1810-1814, 1817, 1821, and 1822, and served as speaker in 1812, 1813, and 1814; elected as a Crawford Republican to the Eighteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Hutchins G. Burton (January 19, 1825-March 3, 1825); was not a candidate for reelection to the Nineteenth Congress; resumed agricultural and mercantile pursuits; died in Windsor, Bertie County, N.C., August 15, 1825; interment in the family cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present