George B. McCartee (1832–1903) was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who served as Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1869 to 1876.
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Biography
editGeorge B. McCartee was born in 1832 in New York City and raised in New York.[1]
McCartee worked in various business interests in New York until moving to Iowa to work as a railway superintendent.[1] He settled in Salem, New York in 1858, becoming manager of a steam mill.[1]
In 1859, McCartee moved to Washington, D.C. to become private secretary to United States Secretary of the Treasury Howell Cobb.[1] He was later superintendent of the Treasury Building.[1] During the American Civil War, the Treasury Department sent him abroad to sell government bonds.[1]
Following a Congressional investigation in 1868, Spencer M. Clark was forced to resign as Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and McCartee was named Acting Chief.[1] He became Chief of the Bureau in 1869, holding this office until 1876.[1]
McCartee then returned to Salem, New York, managing the Salem Press newspaper.[1] He later secured an appointment as paymaster of the New York State Capitol.[1]
McCartee died in Salem, New York in 1903 at age 70.[1]