George Ainslie (delegate)

Infobox_Officeholder
name=George Ainslie


office=Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Idaho Territory
term_start=March 4, 1879
term_end=March 3, 1883
predecessor=Stephen S. Fenn
successor=Theodore F. Singiser
date of birth=October 30, 1838
place of birth=Cooper County, Missouri
dead = dead
date of death=death date and age|1913|5|19|1838|10|30
place of death=Oakland, California
residence=Lewiston
spouse=
profession=Attorney
religion=
party=Democratic|

George Ainslie (October 30, 1838 in Cooper County, Missouri – May 19, 1913 in Oakland, California) was a Congressional delegate from Idaho Territory.

Ainslie attended Saint Louis University in 1856 and 1857. He graduated from the Jesuit College at St. Louis with a law degree and was admitted to the bar in 1860.

Ainslie practiced law briefly in Boonville, Missouri, but moved to Colorado Territory later in 1860. In 1862 Ainslie moved to Lewiston in what was then Washington Territory where he practiced law as well as engaged in mining. In 1865 Ainslie was elected to the Idaho Territorial Legislature and edited the Idaho World newspaper from 1869 to 1873. From 1874 to 1876 he served as a district attorney in Lewiston.

In 1878 Ainslie was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives as the delegate from Idaho Territory. He was reeelected in 1880 but defeated for a third term in 1882 by Republican Theodore F. Singiser.

After his defeat, Ainslie moved to Boise where he built the city's first electric street railway. Ainslie retired to Oakland, California, and died there in 1913.

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