George McWhorter

George H. McWhorter Sr. (1793 – January 19, 1867) was an American farmer, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Waukesha County during the 1858 term. He was also coroner of Waukesha County for two years. His name was at least once misspelled "McQuarter".

Biography George McWhorter was born in Salem, New York, in 1793. As a young man, he enrolled in the New York Militia for service in the War of 1812. He served as an ensign in the 50th New York militia regiment (Colonel John McCleary's regiment).

He came west to the Wisconsin Territory in 1836, along with two brothers and two sons, and settled in what is now New Berlin. McWhorter was an abolitionist and a member of the temperance movement, becoming one of the founders of Waukesha's first temperance organization in 1839.

In the fall of 1858, he was elected coroner of Waukesha County, and held the office for a two-year term.

George McWhorter married twice. His first wife was Mary Lytle. They married in 1815 and had five children together before her death in 1845. He later married Thetis Smith ( Johnson), the widow of Emery Smith, in 1854. There were no known children of the second marriage. George McWhorter died January 19, 1867.

Two of McWhorter's daughters married men who would serve in the Wisconsin State Assembly. His eldest daughter, Mary, married George M. Humphrey, who represented their Assembly district in the 1st Wisconsin Legislature. His youngest daughter, Nancy, married Eliphalet Stone, who represented Waukesha County in the 1872 term.