George Augustus Bagley was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Watertown, Jefferson County

Jefferson County, New York

Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 116,229. It is named after Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States of America, and president at the time the county was created in 1805...

, he received an academic training, studied law, was admitted to the New York bar in 1847 and commenced practice in Watertown. He retired from the practice of his profession in 1853 to engage in the manufacture of iron, and was president of the village of Watertown in 1866. He was town supervisor

Town supervisor

Town Supervisor is an elective legislative position in New York towns. Supervisors sit on the town board, where they preside over town board meetings and vote on all matters with no more legal weight than that of any other board member .Towns may adopt local laws that allow them to provide for an...

 from 1865 to 1868, and was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1879. He resumed the manufacture of iron and in 1915 died in Watertown; interment was in Brookside Cemetery.

External links

• George A. Bagley at Find-A-Grave