Background
Howell, George was born on June 28, 1859 in at Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Howell.
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Howell, George was born on June 28, 1859 in at Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Howell.
Educational public schools, Pennington Seminary, Newton Collegiate Institute, Lafayette College, and graduate Illinois State Normal University. Taught school 14 years in Illinois, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and was superintendent public schools, city of Scranton 7 years.
He graduated from the Illinois State Normal University at Normal. He taught school fourteen years in Illinois, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and served seven years as superintendent of the public schools of Scranton. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1904 and commenced practice in Scranton.
He presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Fifty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1903 to February 10, 1904, when he was succeeded by William Connell, who contested the election.
He was assistant principal of the Scranton Technical High School from 1906 to 1908, and served as superintendent of schools from 1908 until his death in Scranton. Interred in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Member Congress, 10th Pennsylvania district, 1903-1905.
Married 1892, Elizabeth G. Harris.