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'''George Holcombe''' (March 1786 – January 14, 1828) was an American medical doctor and politician who served as a United States representative from New Jersey.

==Early life and education== Born in what was then Amwell Township (now in part of Lambertville in Hunterdon County, New Jersey) he completed preparatory studies and graduated from Princeton College in 1805.

=== Medicine === He attended the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia and later studied medicine in Trenton.

Holcombe was granted a license by the Medical Society of New Jersey and practiced medicine in Allentown from 1808 to 1815.

==Career== Holcombe held several local offices and was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1815 and 1816.

=== Congress === He was elected as Democratic-Republican to the Seventeenth Congress, elected as a Jacksonian Democratic-Republican to the Eighteenth Congress, and reelected as a Jacksonian to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses, and held office from March 4, 1821, until his death.

== Death and burial == He died in Allentown on January 14, 1828. Holcombe's remains were interred in the Congressional Cemetery.

==See also== *List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1790–1899)

==References==

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