George Loomis Becker (February 4, 1829 – January 6, 1904) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the sixth mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota, from 1856 to 1857.
Becker formed a legal partnership with Edmund Rice and Ellis Whitall which lasted until 1856.[1]
He first entered politics in 1854 when he was elected as a city council member for St. Paul. In 1856 he was elected mayor of St. Paul and served for a single, one-year term. He participated in the Democratic Minnesota Constitutional Convention in 1857 and was elected as one of three people to serve in the United States House of Representatives for the newly organized state. When it was revealed that the state would only receive two seats, Becker was the one left out. By some accounts he withdrew from consideration while others suggest the three candidates drew straws and Becker was the one who lost.[1][2]
