George Sweeny

George Sweeny was a 19th-century lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1839 to 1843.

Biography

Born near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Sweeny was a graduate of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
A lawyer, he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Gettysburg in 1820, moving to Bucyrus, Ohio, in 1830.
He served as prosecuting attorney of Crawford [County, Ohio|Crawford County] in 1838.

Congress

Sweeny was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1842.

Later career and death

He returned to the practice of law in Ohio, including another term as prosecutor in Crawford County.
He died in Bucyrus, Ohio, October 10, 1877.