1. George Chamberlin Chahoon was an American politician from Virginia and New York.
15 Facts About George Chahoon
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George Chahoon was Mayor of Richmond, Virginia, from 1868 to 1870, and a Republican member of the New York State Senate from 1896 to 1900.
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George Chahoon's family moved to Virginia not long after he was born.
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On September 24,1867, George Chahoon married Mary Jane Rogers of Au Sable Forks, Clinton Co.
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George Chahoon remarried, but his second wife Christiana Van Allen died on August 1,1903.
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George Chahoon moved to Elizabeth City County and won election as commonwealth's attorney in 1865.
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George Chahoon became leader of Williamsburg's Republican party after the Civil War.
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In late 1866, during Congressional Reconstruction Chahoon moved to the state capitol, Richmond, and US District Judge John C Underwood appointed him a federal commissioner.
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George Chahoon only reappointed three Republicans, and the new Conservative-dominated Council chose publisher Henry K Ellyson to become the city's mayor on March 16,1870.
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However, Ellyson refused to continue in the circumstances, necessitating yet another election, which Chahoon lost to New-Jersey born former Confederate and publisher Anthony M Kieley.
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George Chahoon lived in Albany, Glen Falls and Au Sable, and was active in the Masons as well as the state and national Republican parties.
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George Chahoon appreciated the area's nature, and published articles in Popular Science Magazine about the effects on the water supply of forest fires in 1878, and about birds of the Adirondack Mountains in 1900.
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George Chahoon served from 1896 to 1900, including on committees relating to Agriculture, Forests, fish and game, Railroads, and Trades and Manufactures.
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George Chahoon retired from electoral politics in 1900 but remained politically active until his death.
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George Chahoon survived both his wives and died in Au Sable Forks, Essex co.