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George Watkins (politician)
George Robert Watkins (May 21, 1902 – August 7, 1970), also known as G. Robert Watkins, was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 7th district of Pennsylvania.〔 He operated a farm in Delaware County and was a breeder of thoroughbred horses.〔
==Early life==
George Watkins was born on May 21, 1902 in Hampton, Virginia.〔 He attended public schools there and learned the trade of shipfitter, before moving to Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1920.〔 There he organized the Chester Stevedoring Company, which he sold in 1931.〔 With a partner, he then organized the Blue Line Transfer Company, operating a truck fleet in the eastern states.〔 Watkins was elected Sheriff of Delaware County, Pennsylvania in 1945 and served one term, through 1948,〔 before his election to the Pennsylvania State Senate, where he served from 1949 to 1960.〔〔 He then also served one term as county commissioner for Delaware County, from 1960 to 1964.〔 A longtime member of the Delaware County Board of Republican Supervisors (War Board), he was refused a second county commissioner term in 1963, but was endorsed the following year to represent Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district in Congress, where he served three terms.〔〔
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