George Wesley Atkinson (June 29, 1845 – April 4, 1925) was a 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. (From Wikipedia) More about Geo. W. Atkinson:
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| | Books by Geo. W. Atkinson: Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925: Prominent Men of West Virginia (Wheeling, WV: W. L. Callin, 1890), also by Alvaro F. Gibbens (multiple formats at archive.org) Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925: Public Addresses, etc., of Geo. W. Atkinson, Governor of West Virginia, During His Term of Office (Charleston, WV: Public printer, 1901) (multiple formats at archive.org) Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925, ed.: The West Virginia Pulpit of the Methodist Episcopal Church: Sermons From Living Ministers, With Personal Sketches of the Authors (Wheeling, WV: Frew, Campbell, and Hart, 1883) (multiple formats at archive.org)
Additional books by Geo. W. Atkinson in the extended shelves: Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925: After the moonshiners. A book of thrilling, yet truthful narratives... (Frew & Campbell, printers, 1881) (page images at HathiTrust) Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925: Bench and bar of West Virginia (Virginia law book company, 1919) (page images at HathiTrust) Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925: History of Kanawha County : from its organization in 1789 until the present time : embracing accounts of early settlements, and thrilling adventures with the Indians derived from history and aged citizens ; also, biographical sketches of a large number of the early settlers of the Great Kanawha Valley (Printed at the office of the West Virginia Journal, 1876) (page images at HathiTrust) Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925: Message of George W. Atkinson, Governor of West Virginia, to the Legislature, January 9, 1901. ([publisher not identified], 1901), also by West Virginia. Governor (1897-1901 : Atkinson) (page images at HathiTrust)
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