George Breisacher (July 1865 - November 28, 1934) was a Democrat who served as the Mayor of Bergenfield, New Jersey from 1912 to 1913. He later served as president of the Bergenfield Savings and Loan Association. Biography He was born in Bahlingen, Germany in 1865. He had four siblings: Frederick Breisacher of New Milford, New Jersey and William Breisacher of Closter, New Jersey; and two sisters, Mrs. William Eberst of Paramus, New Jersey and Mrs. Gustav Trautwein of Closter, New Jersey. He migrated to the United States with his family in 1879, at age 14, and resided in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where he was a salesman for the Edison Talking Machine Company. He married his wife Caroline about 1900; they had no children. He was elected in 1912 as mayor of Bergenfield and served until 1913. He was succeeded by Alfred Christie. In 1921 he was nominated by the New Jersey Senate as the Bergen County Commissioner of Deeds. By 1917 he was serving as president of the Bergenfield Savings and Loan Association.
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