Background
Summers, George William was born on March 4, 1804 in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Son of Colonel George and Ann (Radcliffe) Summers.
Summers, George William was born on March 4, 1804 in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Son of Colonel George and Ann (Radcliffe) Summers.
Graduate Ohio U., Athens, 1826.
Admitted to Virginia bar, 1827. Member Virginia House of Delegates from Kanawha, 1830, 31, 34, 35. Opposed slavery and urged that public land receipts pay for emancipation, 1831-1832.
Member United States House of Representatives (Whig) from Virginia, 27th-28th congresses, 1841-1845. Represented Western interests in Virginia Constitutional Convention, 1850. Judge 18th Judicial Circuit of Virginia, 1852-1858.
Delegate Peace Conference, Washington, District of Columbia, 1861. Delegate to Richmond Convention (which passed Virginia Ordinance of Secession), spoke for cause of the Union, 1861.
Member Virginia House of Delegates from Kanawha, 1830, 31, 34, 35. Member United States House of Representatives (Whig) from Virginia, 27th-28th congresses, 1841-1845.
Married Amacella Laidley, February 14, 1833, 5 children.