Bio of BLEECKER, George M., Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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GEORGE M. BLEECKER - Vol II, pg 688-691
A representative of an old American family is George M. Bleecker, attorney of
Min­neapolis. His paternal great-great-grandfather, John Jacob Bleecker, came to
this country from Holland about the year 1750, accompanied by a brother. He
located on the island of Manhattan, and owned a farm in the center of what is
now New York city. Bleecker street perpetuates the family name in that
metropolis. A grandson of John Jacob Bleecker, was John Anthony Bleecker, who
was born in New York city in 1791. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. In 1824
he moved with his family to a new home in New Jersey, and became an active
figure in the public life of that state. He was a member of the state senate
from Morris county for some time, and was judge of the county court for several
years. His son, Henry E. Bleecker, was the father of George M., whose name
introduces this review.
In the great rush for the gold fields in California in 1849, after gold was
discovered in that state, Henry E. Bleecker, as a young man of twenty years, was
one of a party Of young men who chartered a ship and made the trip to San
Francisco by way of Cape Horn. He remained in California for four years, and
then returned to his home in New Jersey, where in 1854, lie was married to
Phoebe Wilson Cook, whose parents had come some years before from Connecticut,
where their forbears had lived since early colonial days.
George M. Bleecker was born in the village of Whippany, Morris county, New
Jersey, and there received his early education. In 1883 he came to Minneapolis,
enrolling in the University of Minnesota for special academic work, and then
took up the study of law. He entered the legal department of the University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor, and was graduated from that school in 1887. In December
of that year he was admitted to the bar of Hennepin county and immediately began
practice in Minneapolis.
During the years 1891 and 1892 he served as clerk of the probate court of
Hennepin county. In 1892 he was elected to the state legislature and served
throughout one session in that body. In 1893 he resumed the practice of law and
has been in continuous practice ever since that date. From 1913 to 1918 he was a
member of the Civil Service Commission of Minneapolis. In 1920 Mr. Bleecker was
appointed a member of the first City Planning Commission of Minneapolis, and is
still an active member of that, body. He is a director in a number of
corporations and his practice has been devoted quite largely to corporate and
real estate law.
Mr. Bleecker was married in 1889, to Mary Frances Martin of Minneapolis. They
have two sons and two daughters: Warren T., John D., Dorothy Gould and Phoebe
Isabelle.