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SHARPE, George Henry, lawyer, born in Kingston, New York, 26 February, 1828. He was graduated at Rutgers in 1847, studied law at Yale college, was admitted to the bar in 1854, and practised until he entered the army in 1861 as captain in the 20th New York infantry. He became colonel of the 120th New York infantry in 1862, and took part in all the battles of the Army of the Potomac. He served upon the staffs of Generals Hooker, Meade, and Grant, and was brevetted brigadier-general in 1864, and major-general in 1865. He was attached to the United States legation at Vienna in 1851, and was a special agent of the state department in Europe in 1867. In 1870-'3 he was United States marshal for the southern district of New York, and took the census that demonstrated the great election frauds of 1868 in New York city, which led to the enforcement of the Federal election law for the first time in 1871. He was surveyor of customs for New York from 1873 till 18'78. He was a member of the assembly in 1879-'83, and in 1880-'1 was the speaker. He delivered addresses at Kingston on the centennial anniversary of the organization of the state government in 1877, and before the Holland society on its visit to Kingston in 1886, both of which were published.
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