George Nicholas Eckert
{{short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = George N. Eckert
| image = George N. Eckert.jpg
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| office = 7th Director of the United States Mint
| term_start = 1851
| term_end = 1853
| president = Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
| preceded = Robert M. Patterson
| succeeded = Thomas M. Pettit
| state2 = Pennsylvania
| district2 = 14th
| term_start2 = March 4, 1847
| term_end2 = March 3, 1849
| preceded2 = Alexander Ramsey
| succeeded2 = Charles Wesley Pitman
| birth_date = {{birth date|1802|07|04}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1865|06|28|1802|07|04}}
| birth_place = Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania, US
| death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
|resting_place = Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| party = Whig
}}
George Nicholas Eckert (July 4, 1802 – June 28, 1865) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district from 1847 to 1849. He also served as the 7th Director of the United States Mint from 1851 to 1853.
Early life and education
George N. Eckert was born in Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1824{{cite book |last1=Maxwell |first1=W.J. |title=General Alumni Catalogue of the |date=1917 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania General Alumni Society |page=586 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xYttvbIxHcMC&pg=PA586 |access-date=12 August 2021}} and commenced practice in Reading, Pennsylvania. He was one of the organizers of Berks County Medical Society in 1824. He moved to Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and engaged in the coal and iron trade.{{cite web |title=ECKERT, George Nicholas 1802-1865 |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/E000034 |website=www.bioguide.congress.gov |access-date=12 August 2021}}
Political career
Eckert was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress. He was appointed Director of the United States Mint at Philadelphia by President Millard Fillmore and served from June 1851 to June 6, 1853. He died in Philadelphia in 1865 and was interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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External links
- [https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eberhart-eddleman.html The Political Graveyard]
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Category:19th-century American physicians
Category:Burials at Laurel Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia)
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Category:Politicians from Berks County, Pennsylvania
Category:Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni
Category:Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Category:19th-century people from Pennsylvania
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