George Nicholas Eckert
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Early life
George N. Eckert was born in Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1824 and commenced practice in Reading, Pennsylvania. He was one of the organizers of Berks County Medical Society in 1824. He moved to Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and engaged in the coal and iron trade.
Political career
Eckert was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress. He was appointed Director of the United States Mint at Philadelphia by President Millard Fillmore and served from June 1851 to June 6, 1853. He died in Philadelphia in 1865. Interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
External links
- George Nicholas Eckert at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- The Political Graveyard
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district 1847–1849 |
Succeeded by Charles W. Pitman |
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| Preceded by | 7th Director of the United States Mint 1851–1853 |
Succeeded by Thomas M. Pettit |
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- 1802 births
- 1865 deaths
- Directors of the United States Mint
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni
- Pennsylvania Whigs
- Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- Burials at Laurel Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia)
- Pennsylvania United States Representative stubs
