Background
George M. Wertz was born near Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
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Education
He attended the public schools, Ebensburg Academy, and the National Normal School in Lebanon, Ohio.
Career
He taught school from 1876 to 1884, and was a school director from 1886 to 1894. Wertz was a county commissioner from 1893 to 1896, and served as sheriff of Cambria County, Pennsylvania from 1897 to 1901. Wertz later organized and ran the Johnstown Daily Leader from 1911 to 1917.
Wertz was elected to the Sixty-eighth Congress, but was defeated in the 1924 Republican primary.
He sold real estate until his death in Johnstown. Interment in Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown.
Membership
He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1909 to 1913, and served as the body"s President pro tempore from 1911 1913.
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Political Party
Republican party