George Wolf (12 August 1777-11 March 1840) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-PA 8) from 9 December 1824 to 3 March 1825 (succeeding Thomas Jones Rogers and preceding Samuel A. Smith) and Governor of Pennsylvania from 15 December 1829 to 15 December 1835 (succeeding John Andrew Shulze and preceding Joseph Ritner).
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George Wolf was born in Allen Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania in 1777, the son of Alsatian immigrant parents. He was admitted to the bar in 1799 and commenced practice in Easton, and he was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party at the start of Thomas Jefferson's administration. He served as Postmaster of Easton from 1802 to 1803, as a clerk of the orphans' court of Northampton County from 1803 to 1809, in the State House in 1814, in the US House of Representatives from 1824 to 1825, and Governor of Pennsylvania from 1829 to 1835. He became a Jacksonian Democrat, and he served as Governor from 1829 to 1835. He persuaded the legislature to construct canals, impose new taxes for the liquidation of debts incurred on account of internal improvements, and established a system of common schools. Wolf also served as a trustee of Lafayette College from 1827 to 1840, as First Comptroller of the Treasury from 1836 to 1838, and as Collector of Customs for the District of Philadelphia from 1838 until his death in 1840.