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Sharpe, George Henry

soldier, lawyer, state legislator, was born Feb. 26, 1828, in Kingston, N. Y. He served upon the staffs of Generals Hooker, Meade and Grant, and was brevetted brigadier-general in 1864, and major-general in 1865. In 1870-73 he was United States marshal for the southern district of New York, and took the census that demonstrated the great election frauds of 1868 in New York city, which led to the enforcement of the federal election law for the first time in 1871. He was surveyor of customs for New York from 1873 till 1878. He was a member of the assembly in 1879-83, and in 1880-81 was the speaker.