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Graduated from Washington College in the class of 1842. He was a teacher for several years, then became a law student, passing the Bar of Washington County in 1846. In 1853 he acquired an interest in the Washington Examiner, a weekly newspaper, and for three years was its editor. In 1876 he was nominated for the office of President Judge of the 27th Judicial District. In 1877 he was commissioned to serve a ten year term. Judge Hart was also a member of the School Board of Washington for 12 years.

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GEORGE SCOTT HART was born in the City of Pittsburgh, Penn., on the 29th of July, 1824. He was the son of John and Susannah (Barr) Hart, both of whom were descended from Scotch-Irish ancestry. The family moved to Burgettstown, Washington Co., and four years later settled at Washington, Penn. where George grew to manhood, and spent the remainder of his life. He received his primary education in the private schools, and he entered the Washington College in 1838 and graduated in the class of 1842, at the young age of 19. Several of his classmates rose to places of high distinction.
After leaving college he engaged in teaching for two years, one as a private tutor in Accomac county, Va., and one in the public school at Prosperity in Washington Co. Afterwards he was a law student for a prominent lawyer in Washington Co., John L. Gow, Esq. In 1846 he was admitted as a member of the Bar of Washington county. In the same year he was appointed Deputy Attorney General to fill a vacancy. Afterwards when that office became elective, he was nominated by the Democratic Convention and served for a full term of three years.
In May of 1853 he acquired an interest n the Washington Examiner and was its principal editor for three years.He tired of journalism and disposed of of his interest in the newspaper in 1856. In 1876 he was nominated for the office of President Judge of the 27th Judicial District of Pennsylvania and sevedfor a term of ten years. Judge Hart also serve as a member of the Washington School Board for about 12 years, acting as Secretary to more than ten of those years.
His father died in 1859, and Mr. Hart assumed the headship of the family by caring and abundantly providing for his mother during her declining years. Due to his unselfish and personal sacrifices, the old homestead was saved for his brothers and sisters. He was the family counselor, mentor and friends, and his chief goal in life was to make them happy.
He died at his home, near Washington, on May 5, 1888, surrounded by grief-stricken relatives and sorrowful neighbors. Two days later his body was laid beside the kindred dust in the Washington Cemetery to await the resurrection of the just.