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George Joseph Bates

Republican Representative of Massachusetts's 6th district

  • Representative

    Massachusetts, district 6

    January 5, 1937 - January 3, 1939

  • Representative

    Massachusetts, district 6

    January 3, 1939 - January 3, 1941

  • Representative

    Massachusetts, district 6

    January 3, 1941 - January 3, 1943

  • Representative

    Massachusetts, district 6

    January 6, 1943 - January 3, 1945

  • Representative

    Massachusetts, district 6

    January 3, 1945 - January 3, 1947

  • Representative

    Massachusetts, district 6

    January 3, 1947 - January 3, 1949

  • Representative

    Massachusetts, district 6

    January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1951

7

Congresses Served

7

House Terms

February 25, 1891 (58 years old)

Birthday

November 1, 1949

Death

  • Served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1918 to 1924
  • Elected Mayor of Salem at age 33, serving from 1924 to 1937
  • Sworn in as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 75th Congress, serving until his death in 1949
  • Advocated for interventionist policies during World War II, including supporting aid to Britain against the Nazis
  • Abstained from voting on the 1941 Lend Lease Act but supported arming merchant ships and increasing lend-lease funding to Britain
  • Re-elected six times to the House of Representatives
  • Died in a plane crash in 1949 and was succeeded by his son, William Henry Bates
  • Buried at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Salem
  • Bates Elementary School in Salem is named in honor of him and his son
  • Ancestor Increase Bates migrated from England and settled in Salem in 1629
  • Daughter Carolyn (Bates) Stanton is the maternal grandmother of comedian John Mulaney