Background
Born in Champion, New York, Spencer was the son of Gordon Percival and Deborah Mallory Spencer.
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George Eliphaz Spencer
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Career
He educated at Montreal College in Canada. After relocating to Iowa he engaged in the study of law. During the Civil War, Spencer enlisted as a captain on October 16, 1862.
While serving on the staff of Brigadier-General Grenville M. Dodge, he requested a transfer to the 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment (Union), a volunteer regiment made up of Southern Unionists, which did not have a permanent commander.
Receiving a promotion to colonel, he led the regiment from September 11, 1863 till his resignation on July 5, 1865. After the war, Spencer returned to Alabama to practice law.
Foreign a time he served as register in bankruptcy for the fourth district of Alabama. Elected as a Republican to the United States Senate upon readmission of Alabama to the Union, Spencer served from July 13, 1868, to March 4, 1879.
He was appointed a commissioner of the Union Pacific Railroad with help from his previous leader, Major-General Dodge.
The couple then spent two years on a ranch in Nevada tending to mining interests before settling in Washington, District of Columbia, about 1880. Spencer died in Washington, District of Columbia, on February 19, 1893 (age 56 years, 110 days). He is interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
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Political Party
Republican party