George Wesley Atkinson (June 29, 1845 – April 4, 1925) was a United States cavalryman, lawyer, politician, judge and scholar who became the tenth governor of West Virginia after running as the candidate of the Republican Party. He also served in the West Virginia House of Delegates, as well as in the United States House of Representatives from West Virginia and ended his career of public service as a United States federal judge of the Court of Claims.
George Wesley Atkinson
Born 1845 in Charleston, VA (now WV)
Died 1925 in Charleston, WV
FJC ID: 3244
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
U.S. attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia1901–1905- West VirginiaGovernor · 1897–1901
- West Virginia Journal, Wheeling, West VirginiaEditor · 1891–1896
- Private practice, Wheeling, West Virginia1891–1896
- U.S. representative from West Virginia1890–1891
- District of West VirginiaU.S. marshal · 1881–1885
Bureau of Internal Revenue, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Wheeling, West VirginiaRevenue agent · 1879–1881- Wheeling [West Virginia] StandardEditor · 1877–1878
- Charleston, West VirginiaPostmaster · 1871–1877
- Private practice, Charleston, West Virginia1875–1877
- Kanawha [West Virginia] River BoardCollector of tolls · 1869–1871
- Kanawha County, West VirginiaAssistant superintendent of public schools · 1868–1870
Appointments
- Court of Claims1906–1916 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)Term ended: Resignation
Education
- Howard University Law DepartmentLL.B. · 1874
- Ohio Wesleyan UniversityA.M. · 1873
- Ohio Wesleyan UniversityA.B. · 1870