George BAER, Jr., Congress, MD (1763-1834)

BAER George, Jr. , a Representative from Maryland; born in Frederick, Md., in 1763; attended the common schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits; member of the State house of delegates in 1794; elected as a Federalist to the Fifth and Sixth Congresses (March 4, 1797-March 3, 1801); again a member of the State house of delegates, in 1808 and 1809; judge of the orphans' court of Frederick County in 1813; elected as a Federalist to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817); resumed his former mercantile pursuits; mayor of Frederick in 1820; died in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., April 3, 1834; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present