ga'ry or ge'ry, (1819-1873), an American soldier and politician, born in Westmoreland County, Va., and educated at Jefferson College. He engaged in commercial and engineering work and during the Mexican War served in the United States army, becoming colonel. At the close of the war he settled in San Francisco, became its first mayor under the American system of government and took a conspicuous part in preparing the state for admission to the Union. Later he returned to Pennsylvania and in 1856 was appointed territorial governor of Kansas. There, by his tact and firmness, he brought order out of confusion and dissension, but, disgusted at his lack of support from the Federal government, he resigned upon the accession of Buchanan. During the Civil War he served with distinction in the Army of the Potomac, fought at Cedar Mountain, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, and with Sherman upon his march to the sea, and was appointed military governor of Savannah after its capture. At the close of the war he was brevetted major general. In 1866 Geary became governor of Pennsylvania as a Republican and was reelected in 1869. He died a few days after the expiration of his term.