George T. Oliver

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The Honorable
George Tener Oliver
George Oliver.jpg
United States Senator
from Pennsylvania
In office
March 17, 1909 – March 4, 1917
Preceded by Philander Knox
Succeeded by Philander Knox
Personal details
Born (1848-01-26)January 26, 1848
County Tyrone, Ireland
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Political party Republican

George Tener Oliver (January 26, 1848 – January 22, 1919) was an American lawyer, publisher, and Republican party politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1909 until 1917.

Early life, education, and career

He was born in Dungannon, Ireland while his parents were visiting there.[1] After graduating from Bethany College, West Virginia (B.A., 1868; M.A.,1873) he studied law in an office in Pittsburgh, where he practiced from 1871 to 1881. He then engaged in the iron and steel industry, accumulating a large fortune.[1] In 1900 Oliver separately purchased two Pittsburgh newspapers, the morning Commercial Gazette and evening Chronicle Telegraph, the former of which he merged six years later with the The Pittsburg Times to form The Gazette Times.[2]

U.S. Senate

In 1909, he was elected to the U.S. Senate to serve out the term of Philander C. Knox, who had resigned to become Secretary of State under President Taft. Oliver was reelected to a full six-year term starting in 1911. As Senator, he focused on tariff matters affecting the iron and steel industry.[3]

Memorial

Oliver owned a summer estate named Dungannon Hall in Hamilton Twp, Ontario, just north of Cobourg. The sideroad south of the estate was named Oliver's Lane in memory. Although Dungannon Hall was lost to fire in the mid 20th Century, the gates to the estate still stand at the western end of Oliver's Lane next to Ontario Street.[4]

References

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External links

United States Senate
Preceded by U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Pennsylvania
1909–1917
Served alongside: Boies Penrose		 Succeeded by
Philander Knox


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