George Rogers Clark Floyd
Portrait of Floyd at an unknown date
5th Secretary of Wisconsin Territory
In office
October 30, 1843 – February 24, 1846
Appointed byJohn Tyler
Governor
Preceded byAlexander Pope Field
Succeeded byJohn Catlin
Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
from the Logan district
In office
November 19, 1872 – December 31, 1873
Preceded byH. S. White
Succeeded byC. J. Stone
Personal details
Born(1810-09-13)September 13, 1810
Christiansburg, Virginia
DiedMay 7, 1895(1895-05-07) (aged 84)
Logan County, West Virginia
SpouseEllen Mead
RelationsJohn B. Floyd (brother)
ChildrenJohn B. Floyd
Parents
  • John Floyd (father)
  • Lelitia (Preston) Floyd (mother)
OccupationFarmer and businessman

George Rogers Clark Floyd (September 13, 1810 – May 7, 1895) was an American politician and businessman.[1] He served as the Secretary of the Wisconsin Territory from 1843 to 1846, and served in the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1872 to 1873.

Family

Floyd was born in Christiansburg, Virginia, son of former Virginia Governor John Floyd and Lelitia (Preston).[2] Floyd was the brother of Virginia Governor John B. Floyd. He married Ellen Mead and they had eight children, including John B. Floyd (November 13, 1854 – April 15, 1935) who also went to serve in the West Virginia House of Delegates and West Virginia Senate.[3]

Career

President John Tyler appointed Floyd as Secretary of the Wisconsin Territory on October 30, 1843, and served in this capacity until February 24, 1846, when a successor was appointed.[4][5] He continued to live in Dane County, Wisconsin Territory, and served as colonel of the Dane County militia from 1846 to 1847.[4] He returned to Wythe County, Virginia, where he became a farmer.[4] He operated a coal and salt property in Warfield, Kentucky, but the business did not do well. Augustus C. Dodge, of Iowa brought forward a joint resolution in the United States Senate on July 12, 1852, for the "relief of George R. C. Floyd, late Secretary of Wisconsin Territory, and sureties..." It was referred to the Committee on Finance.[6] It passed the Senate, for on July 27, 1852, it was presented to the United States House of Representatives.[7] He sold his property to his brother John B. Floyd on March 3, 1857, and moved to Logan County, West Virginia, to look after some mineral and timber property he had an interest in.[4][8] In 1872, he was elected as a delegate to the West Virginia House of Delegates, serving in the 11th West Virginia Legislature, which convened shortly after the election in 1872 and adjourned in December 1873.[9][4]

Notes

  1. ^ 'The New York Freeman's Journal and Catholic Register', June 8, 1895, obituary of George Rogers Clark Floyd
  2. ^ Ambler, Charles Henry The Life and Diary of John Floyd page 81
  3. ^ Dorman, 294
  4. ^ a b c d e Dorman, 292-293
  5. ^ History of Wisconsin - Chapter 2 - Wisconsin as a Territory Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875". American Memory. Retrieved 2006-09-14.
  7. ^ "A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875". American Memory. Retrieved 2006-09-14.
  8. ^ For sale of property "CS General John B. Floyd and the Warfield Saltworks". Retrieved 2006-09-14.
  9. ^ Harris, John T., ed. (1920). West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register (Report). State of West Virginia. pp. 121–122. Retrieved December 5, 2019.

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Political offices Preceded byAlexander Field Secretary of Wisconsin Territory 1843–1846 Succeeded byJohn Catlin
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