George Evans (January 12, 1797 - April 6, 1867) was an American politician from the state of Maine. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The State of Maine ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean He was a member of the United States Whig Party. The Whig Party was a Political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy.
He was also a prominent member of the Peucinian Society tradition.
Evans was born in Hallowell, Maine where he grew up. Hallowell is a city in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. He graduated from Bowdoin College and became a lawyer. Bowdoin College, founded in 1794 is a private liberal arts college located in the coastal New England town of Brunswick, Maine. He moved to Gardiner, Maine and practiced law there. Gardiner is a city in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 6198 at the 2000 census He was eventually elected to the Maine State Assembaly and served as its speaker in 1829. In 1829, he was elected to a seat in the United States House of Representatives from Maine in a special election called after Pelig Spraigue resigned to take a seat in the United States Senate. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Peleg Sprague (April 27 1793&mdashOctober 13 1880 was an American politician from the U Evans served in the House from 1829 to 1841. He served as chairman of the committee on expenditures of the department of the treasury from 1829 to 1831.
In 1841, Evans resigned from the House to take a seat in the United States Senate from Maine. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives He served as chairman of the Senate Committee on Manufactures from 1841 to 1843, chairman of the Committee on Finance from 1841 to 1845 and chairman of the committee on territories from 1845 to 1847. Evans served in the Senate until 1847 when he was defeated in an attempt to be reelected to a second term.
Evans then practiced law in Portland, Maine and continued to be involved in politics. Portland is the largest city in the US state of Maine and the County seat of Cumberland County. He served as chairman of a commission to ascertain claims against Mexico from 1849 to 1850, and served as attorney general of Maine during the 1850s. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. He died in Portland, Maine and is buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Gardiner, Maine. Portland is the largest city in the US state of Maine and the County seat of Cumberland County.
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| Preceded by John Ruggles |
United States Senator (Class 2) from Maine 1841–1847 Served alongside: Reuel Williams, John Fairfield |
Succeeded by James W. Bradbury |
| Preceded by Henry Clay Kentucky |
Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance 1841-1845 |
Succeeded by Levi Woodbury New Hampshire |
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