George Washington Toland (February 8, 1796 – January 30, 1869) was an American politician from
Pennsylvania
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who served as a Whig member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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for
Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district
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from 1837 to 1843 and as a
Democratic member of the
Pennsylvania Senate
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for the
1st district from 1833 to 1835.
Early life and education
Toland was born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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to Henry Toland of
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Places
Australia
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United States
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. He attended the common schools, and graduated from
Princeton College
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in 1816. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1819.
Career
He held several local offices. He was elected to the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1832 and 1844. He was elected to the
Pennsylvania State Senate for the
1st district and served from 1833 to 1855.
Toland was elected as a
Whig to the
Twenty-fifth,
Twenty-sixth, and
Twenty-seventh Congresses.
He died in Philadelphia in 1869 and is interred at
Laurel Hill Cemetery
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The cemetery is ...
.
Notes
Sources
The Political Graveyard
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1796 births
1869 deaths
19th-century American legislators
Burials at Laurel Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia)
Politicians from Philadelphia
Princeton University alumni
Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
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