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Meiklejohn, George D

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Aug. 26, 1857, in Waupaca county, Wis. He was educated at the State Normal school of Oshkosh, Wis.; and the Michigan university of Ann Arbor.

He was principal of the high school of Weyauwega, his native place; and of Liscomb, Iowa. In 1880 he graduated from the law department of the Michigan university; and since that time, when not in office, he has practiced law. For three years he was county attorney for Nance county; was elected to the state senate of Nebraska in 1884 and in 1886; and was president of the senate during his second term. In 1888- 90 he was lieutenant-governor of Nebraska; and was elected to the fifty-third and fifty-fourth congresses as a republican. He declined a renomination for congress; and in 1897 was appointed assistant secretary of war.