George Washington Covington, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Washington Covington

American politician

Date of Birth: 12-Sep-1838

Place of Birth: Berlin, Maryland, United States

Date of Death: 06-Apr-1911

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

George Washington Covington (September 12, 1838 – April 6, 1911) was an American politician. Covington was born in Berlin, Maryland, and attended the common schools as a youth.
He pursued a higher education at Buckingham Academy, and later at Harvard Law School.
In 1861, he was admitted to the bar and commenced practiced in Berlin and Snow Hill, Maryland. Covington served as a member of the state constitutional convention in 1867, and was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1885.
During the forty-eighth Congress, Covington served as chairman of the Committee on Accounts.
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1884, and resumed the practice of law in Snow Hill.
He died in New York City in 1911, and is interred in All Hallows Cemetery in Snow Hill.