George Turner (February 25, 1850 – January 26, 1932) was a jurist and diplomat who served one term as a United States senator from Washington.
Born in Edina, Missouri, he attended the common schools and served as a military telegraph operator with the Union Army from 1861 to 1865.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 1889 and 1893; he was elected on a fusion ticket with Silver Republicans, Democrats, and Populists support to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1897, to March 3, 1903; he lost re-election[1] and resumed the practice of law in Spokane.
He was counsel for the United States at The Hague in the northeastern fisheries arbitration with Great Britain in 1910, and was appointed by President William H. Taft as a member of the International Joint Commission, created to prevent disputes regarding the use of boundary waters between the United States and Canada from 1911 to 1914.
He was counsel for the United States before the International Joint Commission from 1918 to 1924 and practiced law in Spokane.