Background
Eckert, George Nicholas was born on July 4, 1802 in Womelsdorf, Berkshire County, Pennsylvania, United States.
United States representative politician
Eckert, George Nicholas was born on July 4, 1802 in Womelsdorf, Berkshire County, Pennsylvania, United States.
He graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 1824 and commenced practice in Reading, Pennsylvania.
He was one of the organizers of Berkshire County Medical Society in 1824. He moved to Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and engaged in the coal and iron trade. Eckert was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress.
He was appointed Director of the United States Mint at Philadelphia by President Millard Fillmore and served from June 1851 to June 6, 1853.
He died in Philadelphia in 1865. Interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Member United States House