George W. Della

George W. Della (February 9, 1908 – August 11, 1990) was a politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Maryland. Trained as a lawyer, Della was appointed to the Maryland Senate in 1939 to represent a southern and southwestern district in Baltimore and served until his retirement from politics. He served as President of the Maryland Senate, (the upper chamber of the General Assembly of Maryland) from 1951 to 1955 and again from 1959 to 1963.

Following his retirement in 1963, The elder Della worked as a lobbyist for the local utility, the Baltimore Gas & Electric Company (now currently renamed part of the larger Constellation Energy, part of regional utility Exelon).

His son, George W. Della, Jr., was a member of the Baltimore City Council from 1976 to 1983 for the old 6th councilmanic district and also subsequently elected to the Maryland Senate also representing South and Southwestern Baltimore city (the same area as his father) from 1983 to 2010.