George Washington Lay (July 26, 1798 – October 21, 1860) was an American politician and diplomat who served as a U.S. Representative from New York and Charge D'Affaires to Sweden.
He studied law with Phineas L. Tracy, attained admission to the bar in 1820, and commenced practice in Batavia, New York as Tracy's partner.
In 1835 he received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from Yale University.
Lay later became a Whig and served as a member of the New York State Assembly in 1840.
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