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George Goundry Munger (May 24, 1828 – March 14, 1895) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

Munger was born on May 24, 1828, in Morrisville, New York, the son of Perley Munger and Zerviah Chapin.

Munger moved to Rochester with his parents when he was very young. He attended Rochester High School. In 1845, he entered Williams College. He stayed there for a year, after which he entered Yale College. He was a member of the Scroll and Key and was valedictorian of his graduating class in 1848. He began studying law in the office of Henry R. Selden in Rochester, and in 1849 he entered Harvard Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1850 and practiced law in Rochester. He initially practiced law with John N. Pomeroy, and then with Selden. After Selden was elected Lieutenant Governor, Munger formed a partnership with Sanford E. Church until Church was elected Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals. Shortly after he was admitted to the bar, he was elected a town supervisor of Rochester.

In 1855, Munger was elected County Judge. He resigned from the office in 1859. In 1863, he was elected to the New York State Senate as a Republican, representing New York's 28th State Senate district (Monroe County). He served in the Senate in 1864 and 1865. He served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York from 1866 to 1867. In 1880, he moved to New York City, formed a partnership with Martin T. McMahon, and practiced law in that city until his death. A year prior to moving to New York City, he published a treatise on the Law of Applied Payments. He later became associated with James A. Deerling.

Munger was a member of the Rochester Historical Society and the New England Historic Genealogical Society. In 1852, he married Charlotte Sweet of Manlius. Their children were Eleanore Burt, Charlotte Zerviah, Marie Louise, and Georgine Dows.

Munger died at home on March 14, 1895.

References

1. ^ A Biographical Record of the Kappa Alpha Society in Williams College, Williamstown, Mass. New York, N.Y. 1881. pp. 134–135 – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
2. ^ Proceedings of the New-England Historic Genealogical Society at the Annual Meeting, 10 January, 1900. Boston, M.A.: New England Historic Genealogical Society. 1900. pp. lxiii–lxiv – via Google Books.
3. ^ "George G. Munger". New-York Tribune. Vol. LIV, no. 17653. New York, N.Y. 16 March 1895. p. 7 – via Chronicling America.
4. The Evening Journal Almanac, 1864. Albany, N.Y.: Weed, Parsons & Company. 1864. p. 73 – via Internet Archive.
5. The Evening Journal Almanac, 1865. Albany, N.Y.: Weed, Parsons & Company. 1865. p. 68 – via Internet Archive.
6. Munger, J. B. (1915). The Munger Books: Something of the Mungers, 1639-1914. Vol. 2. The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor. pp. 379–380 – via Internet Archive.

External links

• The Political Graveyard

• 1828 births
• 1895 deaths
• People from Morrisville, New York
• Lawyers from Rochester, New York
• Politicians from Rochester, New York
• Williams College alumni
• Yale College alumni
• Harvard Law School alumni
• 19th-century American lawyers
• New York (state) state court judges
• United States Attorneys for the Northern District of New York
• Lawyers from New York City
• County legislators in New York (state)
• 19th-century American judges
• County judges in the United States
• Republican Party New York (state) state senators
• 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature