George Miles CHILCOTT, a Delegate from the Territory of Colorado and a Senator from Colorado; born near Cassville, Huntingdon County, Pa., January 2, 1828; moved with his parents to Jefferson County, Iowa, in 1844; studied medicine until 1850; sheriff of Jefferson County in 1853; moved to the Territory of Nebraska in 1856; member, Territorial house of representatives 1856; moved to the Territory of Colorado in 1859; member, Territorial council 1861-1862; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1863; register of the United States land office 1863-1867; elected as a Republican Delegate to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869); member, Territorial council 1872-1874; member, State house of representatives 1878; appointed to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry M. Teller and served from April 17, 1882, to January 27, 1883; died in St. Louis, Mo., March 6, 1891; interment in Masonic Cemetery, Pueblo, Colo.
Contributed by Karen Mitchell and Jean Griesan. Photo by Floyd Kelling.
George M. Chilcott 1828 – 1891
George M. Chilcott during a 30 year period, served a term in the Nebraska legislature, in both the house of delegates and the legislative council for Colorado territory. In the house and senate of the Colorado legislature, and in the house and senate of the United States Congress. He came to Pueblo in 1860, was a rancher, a lawyer, investor in real estate, and was one of those instrumental in bringing the railroads to the area. He was appointed Register of the United States Land Office for the District of Colorado in 1863 and while in that position lived in Golden. In 1871 Chilcott built Pueblo's first good hotel. In 1879 he donated land and the state purchased his mansard-roofed home in the western part of Pueblo for the insane asylum. He died in 1891 in St. Louis where he had gone for medical treatment.
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