Everything about George Rogers Clark Floyd totally explained
George Rogers Clark Floyd (
September 13,
1810 –
May 7,
1895) was a
West Virginia politician and businessman. He served as the
Secretary of Wisconsin Territory from 1843 to 1846, and served in the
West Virginia House of Delegates from 1872 to 1873.
Biography
Family and early life
Floyd was born in
Christiansburg, Virginia, son of former Virginia Governor
John Floyd and Lelitia (Preston). Floyd was the brother of
Virginia Governor John B. Floyd. He married Ellen Mead and they'd eight children, of which were:
Career
President
John Tyler appointed Floyd as Secretary of the Wisconsin Territory on
October 30,
1843, and served in this capacity until
February 24,
1846, when a successor was appointed. He continued to live in
Dane County, Wisconsin and served as colonel of the Dane County militia from 1846 to 1847. It passed the Senate, for on
July 27,
1852 it was presented to the
United States House of Representatives. He sold his property to his brother John B. Floyd on
March 3,
1857 and moved to
Logan County, West Virginia to look after some mineral and timber property he'd an interest in. In 1873, he was elected as a delegate to the West Virginia House of Delegates, serving in the 1872 and 1873 sessions.
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