George Wolf

George Wolf
Portrait of Wolf now housed at the Library of Congress
7th Governor of Pennsylvania
In office
December 15, 1829 – December 15, 1835
Preceded byJohn Andrew Shulze
Succeeded byJoseph Ritner
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 8th district
In office
December 9, 1824 – 1829
Preceded byThomas J. Rogers,
Samuel D. Ingham
Succeeded byPeter Ihrie, Jr.,
Samuel A. Smith
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
In office
1814
Personal details
Born(1777-08-12)August 12, 1777
Allen Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedMarch 11, 1840(1840-03-11) (aged 62)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting placeHarrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMary Erb (1798–1833; her death)
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George Wolf (August 12, 1777 – March 11, 1840) was the seventh governor of Pennsylvania from 1829 to 1835.[1] On June 29, 1888, he was recognized as the "father of the public-school system" in Pennsylvania by the erection of a memorial gateway at Easton.[2]

  1. ^ "The Governors of Pennsylvania." Mount Union, Pennsylvania: The Mount Union Times, January 27, 1911, p. 1 (subscription required).
  2. ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainWilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1889). "Wolf, George" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.