George de Rue Meiklejohn (1857 – 1929) was a Nebraska Republican politician who was both a lieutenant governor and a representative of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
Born in Weyauwega, Wisconsin on August 26, 1857, he went to the state Normal school in Oshkosh, Wisconsin (now University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh). He became a principal of high schools in Weyauwega and Liscomb, Iowa. After graduating from the law school of the University of Michigan in An...
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George de Rue Meiklejohn (1857 – 1929) was a Nebraska Republican politician who was both a lieutenant governor and a representative of the U.S. state of Nebraska.
Born in Weyauwega, Wisconsin on August 26, 1857, he went to the state Normal school in Oshkosh, Wisconsin (now University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh). He became a principal of high schools in Weyauwega and Liscomb, Iowa. After graduating from the law school of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1880, he was admitted to the bar and set up practice in Fullerton, Nebraska. He was the prosecuting attorney for Nance County, Nebraska from 1881 to 1884.
In 1884 Meiklejohn was elected a member of the Nebraska State Senate, serving from 1884 to 1888. In 1886, he became President of the Senate, in 1887 the chairman of the Republican State convention, and in 1887 and 1888 chairman of the Republican State central committee. In 1889 he became the Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska and served until 1891. He was elected as a...
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