George B. Harper

{{Short description|American politician (1918–1988)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = George B. Harper

| image =

| caption =

| office1 = New Jersey State Auditor

| term_start1 = 1964

| term_end1 = 1981

| predecessor1 =

| successor1 =

| office2 = Member of the New Jersey Senate from Sussex County

| term_start2 = January 1954

| term_end2 = 1964

| predecessor2 = Alfred B. Littell

| successor2 = Milton Woolfenden Jr.

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|12|5}}

| birth_place = Hackensack, New Jersey

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|3|1|1918|12|5}}

| death_place = Layton, New Jersey

| party = Republican

| alma_mater = Princeton University

}}

George B. Harper Sr. (December 5, 1918 – March 1, 1988) was an American Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey Senate from 1954 to 1964. He was the son of baseball pitcher Harry Harper.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/221862675/ |title=The Courier-News from Bridgewater, New Jersey on November 24, 1959 · Page 4 |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=1959-11-24 |access-date=2017-01-04}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/221807588/ |title=The Courier-News from Bridgewater, New Jersey on September 4, 1964 · Page 22 |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=1964-09-04 |access-date=2017-01-04}}

A 1941 graduate of Princeton University, Harper served in the New Jersey Senate from 1954 to 1964, representing Sussex County. He resigned from office to become the New Jersey State Auditor, serving in that role until 1981. Harper died on March 1, 1988, at his home in the Layton section of Sandyston Township.Staff. [https://books.google.com/books?id=TBJbAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA9-PA44 "George B. Harper Sr. '41"], Princeton Alumni Weekly, Volume 88. Accessed January 5, 2017. "George died at his home in Layton. N.J., on Mar. 1, 1988."