George Loomis Becker (February 4, 1829 – January 6, 1904) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the sixth mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Becker formed a legal partnership with Edmund Rice and Ellis Whitall which lasted until 1856.

By some accounts he withdrew from consideration while others suggest the three candidates drew straws and Becker was the one who lost.

[1][2] Becker went on to serve in the administration of Governor Henry Hastings Sibley and represented the first district of the Minnesota Senate from 1868 to 1872.

He unsuccessfully ran for governor of Minnesota twice (in 1859 and 1894) and for a seat in the United States House of Representatives (in 1872).