Fisher, George P
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Oct. 13, 1817, in Kent county, Del. In 1843 and 1844 he was elected to the Delaware house of representatives; in 1846 became secretary of state of Delaware; and in 1849 went into the state department at Washington as the confidential clerk of Secretary Clayton. In 1850 he was appointed by President Taylor a commissioner to settle claims against, Brazil, which office expired in 1852. From 1857 to 1860 he held the position of attorney-general of the state of Delaware; and was elected a representative from that state to the thirty-seventh congress. He was subsequently appointed a judge of the supreme court for the District of Columbia, which position he resigned to accept that of district attorney.