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George Eliphaz Spencer (November 1, 1836 – February 19, 1893) was an American politician and a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama who also served as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Jun 13, 2024 · Native New Yorker and former U.S. Army officer George Eliphaz Spencer (1836-1893) served two terms as a U.S. senator from Alabama during Reconstruction. His tenure in Congress is remembered for corruption and abuses of office, including embezzlement, vote tampering, and political patronage that earned him the epithet of "carpetbagger."
Fifty years ago, when George E. Spencer was born, he was the third person in his family to carry that name. So his parents immediately branded him Twig, the newest branch on the family tree. The nickname stuck.
Mar 10, 2020 · Kilpatrick’s lead brigade under Colonel George E. Spencer reached Solemn Grove ahead of the remaining troopers, where Spencer learned that Hardee “had passed that point the day before with his corps of infantry, and was marching as speedily as possible to Fayetteville.”
George Eliphaz Spencer (1836-1893) represented Alabama as a Republican in the U.S. Senate from 1868-79. He served in the U.S. Army during the Civil War , leading a regiment of southern Unionists . Courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives and History
George E. Spencer. Customs Agent George Spencer succumbed to medical complications of falling into the Rio Grande River near El Paso, Texas, while on duty on December 1st, 1944. He developed pneumonia and died on February 24th, 1925.
George Eliphaz Spencer (1 November 1836-19 February 1893) was a Republican US Senator from Alabama from 13 July 1868 to 4 March 1879, succeeding Benjamin Fitzpatrick and preceding George S. Houston. George Eliphaz Spencer was born in Champion, New York in 1836, and he lived in Iowa before...
