History of Weyauwega, (Waupaca County) Wisconsin United States of America

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George De Rue Meiklejohn, assistant secretary of war, was born at Weyauwega, Waupaca county, Wis., Aug. 27, 1857; son of Peter and Hannah Meiklejohn, and grandson of Andrew Meiklejohn, who was born in Stirlingshire, Scotland, in 1798 and immigrated to America in 1815, locating at Orwell, Vt. His father, a native of Putnam, N.Y., located on a farm in Wisconsin in 1854. George attended the State Normal school, Oshkosh, Wis., 1873-75, was principal of high schools at Weyauwega, Wis., 1876, and Liscomb, Iowa, 1877-78, and was graduated at the University of Michigan, LL.B., 1880. He was admitted to the bar in 1880 and settled in practice at Fullerton, Neb. He was county attorney of Nance county, Neb., 1881-84; a member of the state senate, 1884-88, and president of that body, He was chairman of the Republican state convention of 1887-88, lieutenant-governor of Nebraska, 1889-91; a Republican representative from the third Nebraska district in the 53d and 54th congresses, 1893-97, and assistant secretary of war, 1897-1901, which office he resigned in March, 1901, and gave his attention to extensive mining operations in the United States and Mexico. He was appointed a Knight of the Royal Order of the Sword by the King of Sweden, Feb. 27, 1899.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Weyauwega, (Waupaca County) Wisconsin

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