George T. Oliver
U.S. Congressperson
1848 – 1919
Who was George T. Oliver?
George Tener Oliver was an American lawyer, publisher, and Republican party politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate. He was born in Dungannon, Ireland while his parents were visiting there. After graduating from Bethany College, West Virginia he studied law in an office in Pittsburgh, where he practiced from 1871 to 1881. He then engaged in the iron and steel industry, accumulating a large fortune. In 1900 Oliver separately purchased two Pittsburgh newspapers, the morning Commercial Gazette and evening Chronicle Telegraph, the former of which he merged six years later with the The Pittsburg Times to form The Gazette Times.
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- Born
- Jan 26, 1848
Dungannon - Also known as
- George Oliver
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bethany College
- Lived in
- Pittsburgh
- Died
- Jan 22, 1919
Pittsburgh
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on July 23, 2013
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