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Wellington, George L

congressman, United States senator, was born Jan. 28, 1852, in Cumberland, Md. He was appointed treasurer of Allegany county, Md., in 1882, and served until 1888; and was again appointed in 1890.

He was a delegate to the national republican conventions of 1884 and 1888. He was appointed assistant treasurer of the United States at Baltimore in 1890; and was nominated for congress by the republicans of the sixth congressional district in 1892. He was renominated in 1894 and elected to the fifty-fourth congress; and was elected to the United States senate.