{{Short description|American politician (1846–1908)}}
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'''George Raines''' (November 10, 1846 – November 27, 1908) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
==Life== He was in Pultneyville, New York to Rev. John Raines and Mary (Remington) Raines. He attended the common schools and Elmira Free Academy, and graduated from the University of Rochester in 1866. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in December 1867, and practiced in Rochester.
He entered politics as a Republican, joined the Liberal Republicans in 1872, and then remained a Democrat.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
He was District Attorney of Monroe County from 1872 to 1877; and a member of the New York State Senate (28th D.) in 1878 and 1879.
He died in Rochester, New York and was buried at the Mount Hope Cemetery.
Congressman John Raines and State Treasurer Thomas Raines were his brothers.
==References== * [https://archive.org/stream/civillistandcon00unkngoog#page/n335/mode/1up ''Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York''] compiled by Edgar Albert Werner (1884; pg. 291) * [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101061337661;seq=89;view=1up;num=64 ''The State Government for 1879''] by Charles G. Shanks (Weed, Parsons & Co, Albany NY, 1879; pg. 67f) * [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1908/11/28/104814135.pdf ''George Raines''] in NYT on November 28, 1908
==External links== *{{Find a Grave|7580488}}
{{s-start}} {{s-par|us-ny-sen}} {{succession box | before = William N. Emerson | title = New York State Senate <br>28th District | years = 1878–1879 | after = George P. Lord}} {{s-end}}
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