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George Pierce Ikirt
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 18th district
In office
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
Preceded by Joseph D. Taylor
Succeeded by Robert W. Tayler
Personal details
Born(1852-11-03)November 3, 1852
Gavers, Ohio, USA
DiedFebruary 12, 1927(1927-02-12) (aged 74)
East Liverpool, Ohio, USA
Resting placeRiverview Cemetery
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s)Mary L. Hasson
Mary E. Holmes
Childrensix
Alma mater Columbus Medical College

George Pierce Ikirt (November 3, 1852 – February 12, 1927) was an American physician and politician who served one term as a United States representative from Ohio from 1893 to 1895.

Early life and education

He was born near West Beaver (southeast of Gavers in Wayne Township [1]) in Columbiana County, Ohio. He attended the public schools of New Lisbon, Ohio. He taught school and studied law, but on account of ill health was compelled to abandon both.

Career

He later attended Columbus Medical College, moved to Cincinnati, and graduated from the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in 1877. He practiced for five years. He later went to New York City in 1882 and was graduated from the Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1883. He then again resumed practice in East Liverpool, Ohio.

Congress

Ikirt was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1888 to the Fifty-first Congress. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1894.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of medicine in East Liverpool, Ohio, and died there. He is buried in Riverview Cemetery.

Family life

Mary E. Holmes

He was married to Mary L. Hasson in 1873. She died in 1876, leaving a son, Frank H. Ikirt. [2] He married Mary E. Holmes in 1880. She had five children. [2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: George P. Ikirt
  2. ^ a b Cranmer, Gibson Lamb (1891). History of the upper Ohio Valley. Vol. 2. Madison, Wisconsin: Brant & Fuller. pp. 332, 333.
Ikirt's house in East Liverpool
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the  U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 18th congressional district

1893-1895
Succeeded by