George Oscar Rathbun (October 16, 1802 – January 4, 1870)[1] was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1843 to 1847.

Born in Scipioville, near Auburn, New York, the son of Edward and Anna Fuller Rathbun.

[1] A Democrat, he served as Clerk of the Cayuga County Board of Supervisors[2] and was Auburn's Postmaster from 1837 to 1841.

On April 23, 1844, Rathbun was involved in a physical confrontation on the House floor with former Speaker John White.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress