George B. Sloan

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George Beale Sloan (June 20, 1831 Oswego, Oswego County, New York - July 10, 1904 Oswego, Oswego County, New York) was an American businessman, banker and politician.

[edit] Life

From 1864 to 1884, he was co-owner of the firm of "Sloan & Irwin, flour commissioners" which held a large number of business interests. From 1884 until his death, he was President of the Second National Bank of Oswego.

He was a member from Oswego County of the New York State Assembly in 1874, 1876, 1877 and 1879, and was Speaker in 1877.

He was a member of the New York State Senate from the 21st District (Jefferson and Oswego Counties) from 1886 to 1891, and was Chairman of the Finance Committee.

In 1892, as a member of the Committee of the Detroit Deep Water Ways Convention in Washington, D.C., he gave his adverse opinion on the ruinously high import duty on Canadian barley.

In 1896, he was a presidential elector.

He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1900.

His son George Beale Sloan, Jr. committed suicide on July 10, 1914 (exacly 10 years after the death of his father), by jumping from a concrete bridge over Rye Lake at Kensico, New York.

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• [1] Political Graveyard
• [2] His renomination for the State Senate, in NYT on October 4, 1889
• [3] His son's suicide, in NYT on July 12, 1914
• [4] he estate left by his son, in NYT on January 26, 1916
• [5] Announcement of his retirement from politics, in NYT on May 27, 1891
• [6] His opinion on the barley duty, in NYT on February 1, 1892
• [7] Obit in NYT on July 10, 1904