George W. Gage

infobox_person name=George W. Gage image= occupation = businessman, hotel manager, sports executive, politician birth_date= birth_place=Pelham, New Hampshire death_date= death_place=Chicago, Illinois family = David Allen Gage (brother) spouse = module = Infobox politician embed= yes office=Chicago Alderman from the 1st ward

Business career Gage started his career as a machinist in Lowell, Massachusetts. He began working in the hotel business in Methuen, Massachusetts, going to work in series of hotels in different parts of Massachusetts. He worked in the Merrimack House in Lowell, before moving on to Wild's Hotel in Boston. He then became the proprietor of the City Hotel in that city, being well regarded in that role. The brothers operated the Tremont House the most popular hotel in the city. The White Stockings team was revived in 1874, and Gage served as president until his death 1875.

Government and politics Gage was a member of the Republican Party. He served as a Cook County delegate to the 1858 Illinois Republican state convention, and as an Illinois delegate to the 1864 Republican National Convention.

In 1862, Gage won election to a Cook County eat in the Illinois House of Representatives. He took office, but resigned after his opponent contested the outcome of the election after irregularities with the vote count were discovered.

Gage lost the 1869 Chicago mayoral election, in which he ran as the Republican nominee. Gage was later appointed a city park commissioner on the South Park Commission.

Personal life and death In 1844, Gage married Sarah H. Barker. Gage was survived by six children and his widow.