Senate  1909-10  (District 2)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Republican
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Winona
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            2/6/1856
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Saratoga, Minnesota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Winona
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            5/2/1921
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    Geo. D., Geo. H.
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Saint Charles
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Banking, Real Estate and Insurance Business
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    St. Charles Public Schools; Elementary School; 
St. Charles Public Schools; Secondary; 
Winona Normal School; Attended College; 
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            County Government: 
                                            Winona County, Minnesota (Register of Deeds; 12 years); 
                         
                         1895 to 1905
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Anna Williams (married March 7, 1879)
                                    Children: 
                                    One child: Bayard French (son)
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    The Minnesota Journal of the Senate, 1909 lists his middle initial as H.  The Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1909 and Toensing list D.
He was raised on a farm.
He is buried at Hillside Cemetery, Saint Charles, Minnesota.