About George Z. Erwin
Lived 1840 – 1894 (aged 54). George Z. Erwin was an American politician.
George Zalmon Erwin (January 15, 1840 – January 16, 1894) was an American politician.
Life He was born on January 15, 1840, in Madrid, St. Lawrence County, New York.
He was educated at Saint Lawrence Academy at Potsdam, New York. He graduated from Middlebury College in August 1865. He studied law with the then United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York William A. Dart and Charles O. Tappan, and was admitted to the bar in 1867. He commenced practice in Potsdam, N.Y., and entered into partnership with Samuel B. Gordon in 1868. The same year he married Dart's daughter Caroline (b. 1842), but they had no children.
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Who was George Z. Erwin?
American politician (1840–1894)
When was George Z. Erwin born?
George Z. Erwin was born on 15 January 1840 in Madrid.
When did George Z. Erwin die?
George Z. Erwin died on 16 January 1894 in Potsdam.
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George Z. Erwin was a politician.
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George Z. Erwin was American.
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