Background
Hastings, George was born on March 13, 1807 in Clinton, New York, United States.
United States representative lawyer politician
Hastings, George was born on March 13, 1807 in Clinton, New York, United States.
He graduated in law in 1826 from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.
In 1830 he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York. He served as a district attorney from 1839 to 1848. Hastings was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855).
Hastings was elected judge of the county court of Livingston County and served from November 1855 until his death in Mount Morris, New York on August 29, 1866. He was interred in the city cemetery.
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