George Bliss

George Bliss (January 1, 1813 – October 24, 1868) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio for two non-consecutive terms in the 1850s and 1860s.

Early life George Bliss was born on January 1, 1813, in Jericho, Vermont. He graduated from Granville College. He moved to Ohio in 1832 or 1833. He studied law with David Kellogg Cartter. He was admitted to the bar in 1841 and became Cartter's law partner in Akron, Ohio.

Career Bliss was Mayor of Akron in 1850.

Bliss was elected to the Thirty-eighth congress (March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865) and was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1864. He was a delegate to the Union National Convention at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1866.

Death Bliss married Sarah J. Fish of Williamstown, New York, and they had one daughter and four sons. After Bliss died, his family moved to Brooklyn, New York.

Bliss died in Wooster on October 24, 1868. He was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.