George Michael Bedinger

Democratic Republican Representative of Kentucky's 6th district

  • Representative

    Kentucky, district 6

    December 2, 1805 - March 3, 1807

2

Congresses Served

2

House Terms

December 10, 1756 (86 years old)

Birthday

December 7, 1843

Death

  • American military officer and politician active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • Opposed the expansion of slavery into Kentucky.
  • Served in both houses of the Kentucky legislature and as a U.S. Representative.
  • Participated in the American Revolutionary War, notably at the siege of Yorktown.
  • Held various military ranks, including major during the Northwest Indian War.
  • Elected to the Kentucky State House of Representatives in 1792 and the State Senate in 1800-1801.
  • Served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1803 to 1807.
  • Engaged in agricultural pursuits and inherited slaves, but freed them at age 30.
  • Offered to assist in the relocation of freed slaves to Liberia.
  • Died in 1843 and was buried on his farm in Kentucky.