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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 12/30/1881
Birth Place: Scioto County, Ohio
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Assemblies Served:
Senate: 4 (1852) - 5 (1854)
Home County: Fremont
George Washington Lucas
Fremont County
George Washington Lucas was born in Scioto County, Ohio, on December 9, 1807. He married Jane Spalding on December 19, 1833, in Greene County, Illinois. By 1850 they had moved to Fremont County, Iowa. He was a farmer and the senator for the fourth and fifth general assemblies for Mills, Montgomery, Adams, Union, Ringgold, Taylor, Page, and Fremont counties. He introduced the bill that moved the capitol from Iowa City to Des Moines. By 1870 he was living in Holt County, Missouri. He died December 30, 1881, in Holt County, Missouri.
Sources:
Senate District 11
Committees
4th GA (1852)
Standing Committees
Legislation Sponsored
4th GA (1852)