George McWhorter (Wisconsin politician)

George H. McWhorter Sr. (1793 – January 19, 1867) was an American farmer, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer.

[1] In 1857, McWhorter was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly, running on the Republican Party ticket.

He represented Waukesha County's 4th Assembly district, which then comprised the towns of New Berlin, Brookfield, and Pewaukee.

[1] His nephew, Paul Wheeler McWhorter was a soldier in the 28th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment during the Civil War, and then transferred to serve as a non-commissioned officer in the 54th United States Colored Infantry Regiment, and after the war became a colonel in the Wisconsin National Guard.

His eldest daughter, Mary, married George M. Humphrey, who represented their Assembly district in the 1st Wisconsin Legislature.

His youngest daughter, Nancy, married Eliphalet Stone, who represented Waukesha County in the 1872 term.